Word: laing
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...Labastida at five-ten comes across as something of a wimp - not least because he's perceived as clinging to the skirt of his powerful and intelligent wife, Maria Teresa, who has drawn comparisons with Hillary Clinton. When Fox some weeks ago punned on Labastida's name, dubbing him "La vestida" (meaning "the dressed woman" or "the skirt"), he started a machismo bidding war that made the campaign look like a "Saturday Night Live" skit. The negative campaigning, though, is one sign of Mexico's maturing democracy. And the fact that the PRI is now faced with making its bones...
...also harbored literary illusions of the mighty Thames a la Heart of Darkness. Joseph Conrad's words echoed in my head, "What greatness had not floated on the ebb of that river into the mystery of an unknown earth!" In my mind I tacked widely against the great river's deep currents and slipped fleetly over the finish line in a victory over the former imperial power. My dream's finale had me starring in a miniature version of the Boston Tea Party...
...Elian: Frankie Muniz Juan Miguel Gonzalez (Father): Oscar De La Hoya Lazaro Gonzalez (Great-Uncle): Alfonso Arau Marisleysis Gonzalez (Second Cousin): Mira Sorvino Armando Gutierrez (Family Spokesman): Cheech Marin Greg Craig (Father?s Lawyer): Ron Eldard Janet Reno: Fred McMurray Fidel Castro: Edward James Olmos Donato Dalrymple: Keanu Reeves Diane Sawyer: Diane Sawyer Bill Clinton: Jon Voight Al Gore: Tony Danza...
...Elian Gonzales: Buckwheat Juan Miguel (father): Oscar De La Hoya Lazaro Gonzales (great uncle): John Belushi Marisleysis (second cousin): Mary Tyler Moore Armando Gutierrez (family spokesman): Sinbad Greg Craig (fathers lawyer): Leslie Nielson Janet Reno: Jack Palance Fidel Castro: Dr. Evil (Mike Myers) Donato Dairymple: Chevy Chase Diane Sawyer: Victoria Jackson Bill Clinton: Hugh Hefner Al Gore: Rodney Dangerfield
...Icarus." That's a shrewd appraisal of the passionate composer and conductor during his embattled last years as head of the Vienna Opera--when his visionary compositions and inspired performances were commonly met by savage criticism, often fueled by anti-Semitism. In this penultimate volume of his monumental biography, La Grange locates Mahler at the heart of turn-of-the-century Vienna's flourishing cultural milieu, which, together with Mahler's relationships with many of its major figures, he vividly evokes...