Word: 20s
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...MADE TWO TRIPS TO IRAQ BEFORE THE WAR, AND WHEN YOU WERE IN YOUR 20S, YOU VACATIONED IN BELFAST IN THE MIDST OF THE TROUBLES. MIGHT IT BE SAID THAT YOU ENJOY CONFLICT...
...industry with easyCruise. Like easyJet, the minimalist European airline that gave rise to the Easy empire, Hadji-Ioannou's latest venture is bold, bare-bones and very orange. "The strategy," he told attendees at a launch event in Athens, in late March, "is to target younger crowds, in their 20s and 30s, rather than wealthy older people who like more traditional cruises...
...Europe, some of that sentiment has flowed into the pacifist and antinuclear movement that brought thousands of people into the streets two years ago to protest the deployment of U.S. -built nuclear Pershing II and cruise missiles as a counter-force to a Soviet buildup of medium-range SS-20s. The era of mammoth demonstrations seems to have passed, but a pacifist current remains. With the notable exception of France, it has penetrated the main opposition parties of many West European countries and has caused occasional tension within the North Atlantic Treaty Organization over questions of arms control, space weaponry...
...Guard is pleased. Stewart Iglehart, 75, a top competitor from the sport's golden age in the '20s and '30s, wrote recently that "today's ponies ... have noticeably less polish on the field"; his tone suggested that some of the riders are not too polished either. But like it or not, the sport of kings, which traces its roots back through England and India to Persia in 525 B.C., is now enjoyed by the likes of the "Bruise Brothers," a pair of upstart investment bankers who compete in Santa Barbara, Calif., and the bread-and-butter players who gather regularly...
...wrote Beyond the Shadow of the Senators, a book about baseball and race in Washington. Mayor Anthony Williams hopes jobs created by the building of a new stadium will also help boost community support. The city has, at least, a historic love of the game. Black fans in the '20s, though forced into segregated stands, turned out in droves for the Senators, and later for the Homestead Grays, who won eight Negro National League titles in nine years from 1937 to 1945--which led many fans to lobby to name the new team the Grays. Says Williams: "I'm hoping...