Word: exceptionally
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...productions and have even acted as president of the organization in years past. Indeed, the Theatricals' position on female participation seems to be no different than that of a host of other performance-related groups, such as all-male or all-female a cappella groups or dance troupes--except that no comparable all-female dramatic club now exists. It would be better for one to be created than to change the Pudding's recipe for success...
...Covenant sat. But it also lies beneath the golden Dome of the Rock, the spot where Muslims believe the Prophet Muhammad ascended into heaven and back. The main mosque in the compound is al-Aqsa--also 1,300 years old. More sacred to Muslims than any place except Mecca and Medina, the Mount is the single most holy spot for Jews as well. Rabbi Haim Richman, who works at the Temple Institute in the Jewish Quarter, explains, "When the Temple is rebuilt, it goes right here and only here...
...pleasure in watching the Olympic kids on TV was their full-tilt surefootedness. "It was awesome! I was totally psyched!" Sports are what happens years ago, except for the attitude they engender--that one may live in a perpetual state of happy expectation, even at an age when victory is out of the question. Fitzgerald said, "The compensation of a very early success is a conviction that life is a romantic matter...
...politicking in the most old-fashioned sense of the word, except computers are doing much of the work that ward bosses used to. At Gore headquarters, data come together in a computer-generated image called the G2K Targeting Map, on which cities and states that present opportunities and require immediate attention from the campaign glow an intense blue. The computer factors in poll numbers, historic Democratic performance, dates of and voter response to previous visits by the candidate, his running mate, family members or other surrogates. It highlights places that may respond to a sudden infusion of ad money...
...Practically every chipmaker, computer maker and network outfit you could name - except Microsoft, which hit a 52-week low on some foul earnings rumors - was movin' on up after Gateway, PMC Sierra, and Juniper Networks all posted reassuring earnings in a day full of happy news. (Even Abby Joseph Cohen, Wall Street's kindly aunt, pitched in with a declaration that the S&P 500 is 15 percent undervalued...