Word: airing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...June evening, I left work late. Desperate to relax and enjoy the fresh air, I rolled down my windows and turned on my music, driving at a leisurely pace. On Interstate 287, I looked with pity at the other drivers, their tinted windows shut tight, racing to be the first home. They weren't having nearly as much fun as I was. They rushed past me, cutting each other off, fighting to gain even one car length. I thought I knew the secret to a happier existence...
...fact, there was a whimsical air to the whole event that began with the sheer oddity of a concert by a trombone chorus...
David Letterman's show has been knocked off the air in seven southern and midwestern cities -- including Wichita, Mobile and Mason City -- this week because the stations' owner, Nick Evans (of Spartan Communications in Spartanburg, S.C.), had trouble getting tickets for people who wanted to see the "Late Show" taped in New York. Instead, viewers of Evans' stations are being treated to a mixture of infomercials, sitcoms such as "Mama's Family" and "Married With Children," and "Judge Judy." Evans concedes that a ticket dispute was behind his decision, but also says he's unhappy with Dave's low ratings...
...prod business leaders into action. "The consequences of the millennium bug, if not addressed, could simply be a rash of annoyances, like being unable to use a credit card at the supermarket," Clinton said. But the worst-case scenario? He added: "It could affect electric power, phone service, air travel, major governmental service." Not to mention Vice President Gore's presidential ambitions...
...intrepid World War II flying ace and postwar test pilot; during a robbery of his home; in Roseburg, Ore. One of the Marine Corps' most highly decorated pilots, Carl shot down 16 Japanese planes over Guadalcanal and flew combat missions in Vietnam while in his 50s. He set an air-speed record in 1947, soon eclipsed when Chuck Yeager broke the sound barrier two months later...