Word: age
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...continent." He calls the river "a metaphor for democracy" and talks about the peace he finds here. We do our best to look meditative. "If you're quiet," he says, "even with this crowd, you can get a sense of the solitude." For Bradley, a reluctant celebrity since the age of 16, the river can be about connection one minute, blessed aloneness the next. He marches onto a floating dock and we follow, threatening to swamp the old planks. Ernestine panics: "Bill! I'll go with you! If we drown, we drown together!" To avert disaster, Bradley's people tell...
...between brands and media: for example, network promos plugging websites; TV shows syndicated to sister stations. And with broadband Internet access looming, media companies feel compelled to lock up as much brand-name content and distribution as possible so they will have product and expertise ready for the digital age. "In order for these big companies to stay competitive, they have to do that," says producer Jerry Bruckheimer. "Warner has had success with the WB, Fox has their network, and now Paramount has theirs...
Then he goes and plunks down $36 bil for CBS. What changed? Better to ask what didn't change, and the answer is that at age 76, Redstone, whose heart rate is lower than that of many pro athletes, remains a driven dealmaker obsessed with staying ahead of the pack. CBS chief Mel Karmazin may have "seduced" Redstone into this merger, as both sides note. But Redstone was looking for love. He almost always...
...England, 'wicked' has resurfaced as an intensifier or term of approval, which for someone my age is really weird," she said. "'Sketchy,' when applied to a new acquaintance, is definitely not a compliment--though what it is is not clear to me. My students tell me on the DL, or 'down low,' that I'm really random. Whatever...
...What price can you put on making someone literate?" he asked. "What price can you put on a child, who thanks to an aid-funded vaccination program, does not die before the age...