Word: witnessing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...wondering how long Gorbachev will last, and how he has survived with so many things going so wrong. Those questions, however, were far from his thinking. He was the man at the eye of the storm, supremely confident that he will still be working his will and wit on the world when the thunder and gale- force winds are spent...
...have the highest regard, admiration andaffection for President Bok," Gregorian said. "Iwill miss his wit and charm and intellect...
TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES. In just six weeks, $100 million worth of movie- goers have seen this live-action version of the TV cartoon. Were any of them adults? If so, they have seen a dark, plodding melodrama only rarely leavened by wit or derring-do. Heroes on the half shell; hit film on the hard sell...
...spirit and, of course, better in bed. Overall, her observations suffer from a simplistic yearning for a nonexistent era when the poor were not blamed for their poverty, when people did not cram their appointment books and when college graduates pursued ideals instead of salaries. For all her wit and sharp insight, Ehrenreich offers no guarantee that she won't turn up cranky for dinner...
...Wiesbaden, Polhill exulted at seeing the sun for the first time after 1,182 days in windowless rooms, and he spoke in a hoarse whisper; doctors in the U.S., where he arrived at week's end, found a growth on his vocal cords. Still he displayed a lively wit and undiminished anger at his captors, which he said he had kept hot in order to avoid turning into "a vegetable...