Word: briefest
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Marilyn wasn't quite an actress, in any repertory manner, and she was reportedly an increasing nightmare to work with, recklessly spoiled and unsure, barely able to complete even the briefest scene between breakdowns. Only in the movies can such impossible behavior, and such peculiar, erratic gifts, create eternal magic--only the camera has the mechanical patience to capture the maddening glory of a celluloid savant like Monroe. At her best, playing warmhearted floozies in Some Like It Hot and Bus Stop, she's like a slightly bruised moonbeam, something fragile and funny and imperiled. I don't think audiences...
...handle a difficult situation, but the physical and verbal dichotomy was clear: Harvard and Radcliffe are still very much two separate entities apparently at odds with one another even as they both continue to support such worthy causes as women's leadership on campus. It was the briefest of moments in an otherwise successful ceremony, but it reminded me just how much we still don't know about where Radcliffe stands and what a disservice to the community the administrative silence on this issue has become...
...briefest of speeches on Monday night, Clinton offered a taxonomy of lying. Parse his remarks, and you will find many of the categories of lies that have been promulgated by scholars and philosophers...
...grocery stores, clothing boutiques and delicatessens filling strip malls across the continent. Not only are high sales creating many new jobs, but employee turnover is enormous. At these levels, says Mitchell Fromstein, CEO of Manpower Inc., the world's largest provider of temporary help, job experience, even the briefest exposure to hamburger flipping, is almost as sought after as a college degree in more skilled occupations. An employee who works a month or so at, say, a grocery-checkout counter and demonstrates he or she will at least show up on time can often move quickly to a better-paying...
Major League Soccer and the 1994 World Cup Finals have given Americans but the briefest taste of soccer's power. If you're looking for a little bit more, however, here's an eclectic listing of some unconventional sources of enlightenment...