Word: glee
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...Associated Press fired one of its Washington reporters last Monday after several of his sources turned out not to exist in the real world. Yet the admission generated little more than a collective yawn. It could barely be heard above the buzz of outrage and glee over the simultaneous demise of another journalist--one who had not fabricated, plagiarized or done any of the things for which reporters have historically got in trouble. Bob Greene, 55, a nationally syndicated columnist for the Chicago Tribune, best-selling author, local institution and married man, had admitted having had a sexual liaison over...
...between last nights speeches, the audience was treated to selections by three of Harvard’s choirs: the Collegium Musicum, the Radcliffe Choral Society and the Harvard Glee Club...
...California for armed robbery in 1991, he found Islam. From there he headed to Afghanistan to train with Harakat-ul Jihad, then to Chechnya, where he lost a leg in a firefight with Russian special forces, and finally to Kosovo to help fight the Serbs. He describes with childlike glee his love of weapons and tactics. A daring nighttime raid on a Russian bunker becomes a brutal game when he and his comrades strip and take the encampment bare-chested, armed only with knives. For Collins, war is more of a creative challenge than a religious obligation. He claims...
Somewhere, the ghost of Boris Badenov is snickering with malevolent glee. Rocky and Bullwinkle's cartoon nemesis must be grateful that Alimzhan Tokhtakhounov is carrying on the great tradition of Russian nogoodnik...
Tourist boards are seizing on these new links with glee, planning big promotional campaigns. Italy's Le Marche region around Ancona, which is pushing the area as "Italy's best-kept secret," has put big ads in British newspapers and launched two English-language websites. Regional promotion-office director Paolo Galli proudly says, "We are on 200 London doubledecker buses." With a coastline of breathtaking seascapes and jewel-like towns the area has much to promote...