Word: wish
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...sense, then, our monarchs are in fact our subjects, hostage to the dreams we wish them to enact. Axel, the wan hero dreamed up by the French symbolist Villiers de L'Isle-Adam, famously suggested that he and his fellow aristocrats leave the messy business of living to their servants; these days, we would just as soon leave it to our monarchs. We demand of them, moreover, a double role: they must be godlike mortals, fallible gods. Upon peering into their closets, we wish not only to marvel at the gowns but also to revel in the skeletons that hang...
...than a quarter of the graduating students, compared with two-thirds or so who usually pick up the book version. Still, the converts in academia are enthusiastic. Frank Wiener, 66, who directs the TV program at Staples High School in Westport, Conn., pays video yearbooks the ultimate tribute: "I wish I had one from my high school...
...right to express herself. Nevertheless, scars from the past remain. In private, the couple refers to the 1980 election as "the tragedy." And Rosalynn still thinks history has treated them unfairly. Says she, with a trace of sadness: "I just think there are so many problems that I wish Jimmy had been there to take care...
...there. We don't know anyone in Dallas. We are just going to go there," Gelber says. "Some people might find this terrifying. I find this terrifying. But we also think of this as an adventure. You could call it an adventure streak. you could call it a death wish...
...union can say whatever they wish," Cantorsays. "That's not neutrality. Neutrality isreached when both sides state their case and theelectorate considers all the facts and reaches adecision...