Word: 90s
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Elvis Presley Boulevard, a wide strip of used car lots, fast food restaurants and gas stations, leads to Graceland. By noon the rising temperature is well into the 90s and ambulances are carrying away those who have succumbed to the heat while crowding in front of the ornate plantation-style house. A brick wall on the grounds has turned into a "Wall of Love," covered with scrawled messages from admirers. Some of the fans have patiently endured the three-hour wait every day for a week so they can again and again walk up the shaded driveway, past rows...
...indeed meet its recruiting requirements with volunteers, though it has always been harder to fill than the Air Force, Marines or Navy, which are smaller and have rarely resorted to the draft. Although the 17-to 21-year-old population will decrease from 1980 through the early '90s, there will actually be a greater proportion of high school graduates-the prime recruiting target. Still, says Cooper, "the pool of eligible young people the Army draws from will be smaller, and that means it must be able to reduce its turnover and lower the need for more recruits." He proposes...
...srath's moderate climate helps energy conservation. During the Hinsdale summers, the mercury often climbs into the 90s, but it seldom rises above the mid-70s in the German suburb, which has no need for air conditioning. In the winter, when the temperature averages about 25° in Hinsdale, Rösrath has comparatively balmy readings in the mid-30s. As it happens, Rösrath also benefits from the coincidental fact that wood is scarce: virtually every building is made of stone or brick slathered generously with gray-white plaster. Windows tend to be small, doors heavy...
...ball unless a forward is either in the lane or taking a shot. Players are restricted to two dribbles and must pass off. shoot or take their requisite two bounces within three seconds of getting the ball. The result is a fast-paced, intricately patterned contest. Scores in the 90s are not uncommon in the 32-minute games...
Marco Polo takes place on an island off Norway at the end of 1999, in the early light of the 21st century. Diane and Stony McBride (Madeline Kahn and Joel Grey) are the fun couple of the '90s: he is directing a movie about Marco Polo, and she is having an affair with Tom Wintermouth (Chris Sarandon), a global Mr. Fixit who has ingeniously resolved the Arab-Israeli crisis by creating the state of Saudi Israel...