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...prettier than Gingrich might use): "How can we know the dancer from the dance?" Gingrich decided not to run for President in 1996. That may be just as well. The polls say more than half the American people disapprove of him. His negatives reached critical mass just before Christmas. Whereupon Democrats began to rouse themselves amid the wreckage leftfrom '94 and to tend small campfires of hope again...
...occurs at the very last moment, when, suddenly, Mr. Ferrars appears at the remote cottage, located just this side of destitution, where the Dashwood ladies have taken refuge. Miraculously he is free of his entanglements, free at last to diffidently declare his love for Elinor. Whereupon she bursts into tears--not just tears but great, teacup-rattling sobs, a huge, whooshing release of long-suppressed emotions, both hers and ours. You feel like crying right along with her. You feel like laughing too. Mostly, though, you feel terrific, in touch with something authentic inside yourself...
...running against. Sweeney had wanted Lane Kirkland, president of the labor group for 16 years, to step down in favor of Donahue, his No. 2. But when Kirkland refused, Sweeney decided to challenge the leader himself. Kirkland responded by resigning last June--whereupon Donahue became the president...
...away from danger. He was constantly concerned about me, disregarding his own safety during our often perilous journey on foot. I was dazed and shocked by the destruction around me. My guide led me through the ravaged area right to the front door of where I needed to go, whereupon he thanked me for the honor of escorting me and left. To my mind this man, Masaru Katagawa, epitomizes the noble spirit of Japan...
...ahead and searching for safer routes. He was constantly concerned about me, disregarding his own safety and comfort during our often perilous journey on foot. I was dazed and shocked by the destruction around me. My guide led me through the ravaged area to where I needed to go, whereupon he thanked me for the honor of escorting me and left. To my mind this man, Masaru Katagawa, epitomizes the noble spirit of Japan. Jeanette Hamber Osaka, Japan Seismologists didn't expect such a devastating earthquake. Citizens of Kobe and Osaka were not well prepared, and many were crushed...