Word: witnessed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...looks great, a little more tired, but still the same cackling laugh and dry wit. He's just waiting now. He is just waiting to see how those rays work. In a few months they will run some more tests and give him a verdict. Until then he just has to wait. And I wait too. Sometimes still pondering what might happen, sometimes just trying to get my own things done. Sometimes the overwhelming feeling of selfishness sickens me, and more than often, I think about other stuff, like when ABP was just a meeting place for a night...
...looks great, a little more tired, but still the same cackling laugh and dry wit. He's just waiting now. He is just waiting to see how those rays work. In a few months they will run some more tests and give him a verdict. Until then he just has to wait. And I wait too. Sometimes still pondering what might happen, sometimes just trying to get my own things done. Sometimes the overwhelming feeling of selfishness sickens me, and more than often, I think about other stuff, like when ABP was just a meeting place for a night...
...front section in Tercentenary Theater at that historic event, it was better than any Commencement. Maybe it was the start of school or the warm fall air, but there was a palpable electricity in the air that day. And none of us will ever forget Mandela's wit, remarkable for a man of his age and with his extraordinary life behind him, or the scene of him hoisting his honorary diploma...
...being wasted in gonadal junk. If only these kids could find a smart script and a director who knew how to harness their coltish appeal, they might quickly turn promise into achievement. As it happens, the wait wasn't all that long. Here is a picture that has wit, a hairpin-turn narrative, high pizazz and ensemble star quality. Ready...
...Novel: Michael Cunningham's "The Hours." Drama: "Wit," by kindergarten teacher Margaret Edson Poetry: "Blizzard of One," by former U.S. Poet Laureate Mark Strand History: "Gotham: A History of New York City to 1898," by Edwin G. Burrows and Mike Wallace (no relation) Biography: "Lindbergh," by A. Scott Berg General Nonfiction: "Annals of the Former World," by John McPhee Music: "Concerto for Flute, Strings and Percussion," by Melinda Wagner...