Word: airing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...York attitude is more than "rudeness." For those of us fortunate enough to grow up here in the Big Apple, elitism comes as naturally as breathing the heavily polluted air. As any of my friends from other cities will tell you, I'm the first to brag about New York and its offerings and I'm very quick to dismiss its alleged flaws...
...Chauncy St. resident reported seeing a man in his 20s, about 5'4", running through Cambridge Common and Harvard Square with a silver handgun, which he took out of a backpack. The man reportedly fired one round into the air. A .45 caliber shell casing was recovered at the scene...
...both countries. "Beijing wants to assert itself as a regional superpower, but it?s a feeble one because China lacks the infrastructure to handle its internal problems, much less to project its power," says TIME U.N. correspondent William Dowell. "For one thing, it lacks the ability to provide air cover for any naval operations around the Spratlys. Even threatening Taiwan is dangerous, because if the threat becomes too serious, that would force the U.S. to intervene, and that could be even more humiliating for Beijing...
While the pressure in Hollywood is to make what sells, the challenge at Sundance is to make what no one else has yet considered. That's why the staff recruits the best talent, pumps fresh mountain air into their brains and hopes they are never tempted, no matter how much money is waved under their noses, to make The Return of Howard the Duck. "This place," says Mike Hoffman, a 1984 fellow whose recent directing credits include A Midsummer Night's Dream, "is a celebration of human subtlety against the glaring cultural vulgarity...
...postage stamp. At their own end, the Americans completely snuffed out the Chinese offense, allowing scoring star Sun Wen precious little room to maneuver. At midfield, Michelle Akers, a 33-year-old orthopedic disaster, made her last World Cup game a memorable one. On defense, she owned the air, hurling herself at anything round that moved--a recklessness that would force her out of the game near the end of regulation time, when she crashed into goalie Briana Scurry. "Akers is one of the greatest women athletes in history," said U.S. coach Tony DiCicco. "Michelle Akers inspires...