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Word: cryptically (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 2000-2009
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...mistake," Rather could only grin sheepishly and attempt to shore up the remainder of the journalistic integrity and credibility left in his haggard body. As the hours wore him down, he eventually experienced what could only be described as a full-blown psychotic episode. Mounting pressure forced Dan into cryptic quasi-stream-of-consciousness spewings like "...we won't know until all the marbles and chalk are on the table." His coverage past 2 a.m. was beyond eerie, as a clearly unhinged man attempted to fill airtime with histrionic Shatnerian pauses and complex explanations of simple arithmetic. When Dan finally...

Author: By B.j. Greenleaf, | Title: Rather Insane | 11/14/2000 | See Source »

...Barbara Krakow Gallery on Newbury St. In a series of related yet fiercely distinct oil-on-canvas paintings, Brown attempts to capture the mood or feeling of elements as disparate as a song, a person, a place, a dream. The result is an intensely introspective, personal and somewhat cryptic show that both begs for explanation and needs none...

Author: By Stacy A. Porter, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Maggi Brown | 11/3/2000 | See Source »

...politically polarizing issue. His voting record indicates that he is a stalwart supporter for the rights of gays and minorities. Bush's conservative appointees, on the other hand, could mean an overturn of Roe vs. Wade. During the final presidential debate, Bush refused to define his cryptic term "affirmative access." Although we are discouraged by some of Gore's moderate and conservative stances on social issues, such as the death penalty, we are confident that the vice president will continue to protect a number of our core rights and values...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Vote Al Gore for President | 10/30/2000 | See Source »

Students for Healthy Babies further publicized the week through table tents in the dining halls, the digital display in Loker and green posters bearing cryptic messages such as "B" and "Broccoli / Peanuts / Oranges...

Author: By E. REBECCA Gantt, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Students Push Benefits of Folic Acid | 10/17/2000 | See Source »

...Scully (Gillian Anderson) announced she was pregnant, apparently - as far as anyone watching the show could tell - without having had sex with anybody. Millions of viewers asked the eternal question: What the...? So Carter's session with the insatiable critics was a delicate ballet of obviously unanswerable questions and cryptic answers, which alternately conveyed, in classic Carter fashion, that he was holding back the mysteries of the universe or that he basically makes up the answers as he goes along. The very first question, posed by Fox's new entertainment president, Gail Berman: Who's the baby's father...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Woof! C'mon, Mr. 'X-Files' — Throw Us a Bone! | 7/24/2000 | See Source »

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