Word: ridden
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Ironically, the star and the guilt-ridden murderer have something else in common. Both Ripley and Damon work their way through conversations like poachers in Yellowstone. They sense they're being watched, so they constantly observe themselves. Halfway through talking about the responsibilities of fame and how it should be used for good, Damon breaks off. "Oh God," he says. "I sound like Miss America." He seems to have an acute sense of what others, particularly reporters, want to hear. He talks sports with the guys. He does classic movie routines with the show-biz old-timers. To a thirtysomething...
RETIRING. CHARLES SCHULZ, 77, Peanuts creator, whose angst-ridden Charlie Brown has been a staple of funny pages for nearly 50 years; on Jan. 4; because of colon cancer (see story, page...
...campaign has been a bitter affair. He was looking forward to a double triumph--a landslide re-election in Moscow and nationwide recognition with Fatherland. Now he must be wondering how far the government will push corruption charges against him. He underestimated the determination with which the scandal-ridden Kremlin would fight to secure its future. Much like the war in Chechnya, which is designed to be a deterrent to other republics that are considering making a bid for independence, the harsh war on Fatherland has driven home the message that you need very strong nerves to challenge the Kremlin...
According to Mary Montague, a delegate from Northern Ireland, women are too often seen simply as mourners in conflict-ridden areas--not as potential peacemakers...
...almost feel that if the Nobel Prize were conferred on Jacques Derrida, he'd start talking like Bill Cosby on 'Picture Pages.' Laureates become the public faces of literature, and they start acting like publicizers instead of writers and scholars: what results can be something as banal and cliche-ridden as Nadine Gordimer's regrettable new release, Living in Hope and History...