Word: yeas
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...party wine with a bouquet of sentiment and the kick of rude truth. To the tart social wit of gay writers from Oscar Wilde to Joe Orton he adds irrepressible high spirits -- a tonic when so much of literature has the terminal glums. This Renaissance jester is a yea-sayer, a missionary for joy. "Usually when I'm asked why I write," says Rudnick, 35, "I reply, 'To avoid a day job.' But the truth is that there are people in real life I want to honor. It's easy to write about despair. It's tough to present optimism...
Brown finished the regular season with a 14-10-2 record overall, 13-7-2 ECAC, while Harvard ended up 19-4-3 overall, 16-3-3 ECAC. The Bears entered the tournament seed fourth, and there have been no upsets this yea as the top four teams have advanced to the semifinals...
...charge cards to venture abroad. As the outdoor piano in front of Florian cafe plays Feelings, there is an irresistible urge to gauge world prosperity by categorizing vacationers by nationality: a large Japanese tour group; seven Germans all with guidebooks; three French couples (undoubtedly sneering at the food); and -- yea, team! -- five certifiable Americans...
...have gone to school on Carter's shortcomings, he has described himself as being "quite taken" with Franklin Roosevelt's presidency. F.D.R.'s governing style has been captured best by biographer Kenneth Davis: "Whitmanesque in his zestful openness to a variety that . . . included contradictions, and in his 'yea-saying' to all and sundry, he was absolutely confident of his ability to 'weave together' antagonistic counsels and personalities . . . he talked with a steady stream of visitors, each of whom left him saying and often believing that he was deeply sympathetic with the visitor's views if he did not, in fact...
...interim, Shamir will need to keep the peace process percolating so Labor cannot blame him for its failure. At the same time, he will not want the bargaining to proceed to any yea-or-nay decision that might antagonize Likud's far-right-wing voters. After last week's show of force in Lebanon, he can probably afford the appearance of a little give-and-take. As disheartening as the renewed hostilities are, perhaps they will underscore for negotiators how acute the need is to achieve a lasting peace...