Word: tracings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...such earthbound perseverance has emerged an amazing grace, with no trace of strain, as Kwan last month won the U.S. national title and the honor of leading America's women figure skaters to the Olympics next week. It was a victory that gave no evidence of the pain that shoots through her left foot when she lands one of those seemingly effortless triple jumps. The only expression on her face was that beatific smile, won by defiance of every sort of gravity, not just the earth's but the body's and the mind's as well, dangerous forces that...
...wearing a sly grin. She crouches down behind me and whips out a paintbrush. I hike up my underwear, and she starts to work, applying the paint in smooth, gooey strokes that will have to be toweled off later. Not having a paintbrush, I use my fingers to trace the outlines of a peace symbol on my face...
...come to be regarded as only slightly more relevant than the gushing palaver in an annual report. In this so-called new era for investing, perfectly healthy electric utility companies--the widows-and-orphans stocks long known for generous dividend policies--have been slashing their payout rates without a trace of remorse. "It's worked out splendidly," says John Hodowal, chairman of Ipalco Enterprises, based in Indianapolis, Ind., who last year short-circuited the dividend by 32% and immediately bought back 22% of outstanding shares. What's so splendid? Last year Ipalco shares, including dividends, returned 58%--double...
...prior evening's episode. So many people are Seinfeld fans that phrases such as "master of my domain" or "it's in the vault" bring immediate recognition and response even among strangers. Seinfeld has given us nine years of original, intelligent comedy and four unforgettable characters without a trace of American-sitcom sugarcoating. Seinfeld has made us closer as a nation by giving us something we can all laugh about. LISA M. PALUMBO Northampton, Mass...
First stop, the King's Head in Santa Monica. It's a British pub, a place where the smoke used to be as thick as kidney pie. Now there's scarcely a trace of it; in fact, the King's Head looks as if the patrons are waiting for the Queen to show up for tea and crumpets. "It's a bit ridiculous, if you ask me," says bartender Jane Myers, a Brit who wonders why Americans can't just let themselves go. "They'll come in here and order fish and chips and a diet Coke. Now, what...