Word: arresting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...rather than having to invade anyone to lift our spirits (top choice: Louisiana), we may have accomplished much the same thing through the efforts of the Federal Reserve. When the Fed cut the discount rate a full point, to 3 1/2%, it was like pounding an economy in cardiac arrest. Suddenly, its little eyelids began to flutter, its stock market leaped out of bed, and people began to realize this might be one darn good time to go buy a house, at least in some parts of the country...
...Herman's as he resurfaced at the televised MTV Music Video Awards show for the first time since his arrest: "Heard any good jokes lately?" Fans suggested that next time he stay home and amuse himself with some of Clarence Thomas' video favorites...
...Herman's as he resurfaced at the televised MTV Music Video Awards show for the first time since his arrest: "Heard any good jokes lately?" Fans suggested that next time he stay home and amuse himself with some of Clarence Thomas' video favorites...
...Nirvana found its place in alternative-rock heaven. The hit single Smells Like Teen Spirit has become an anthem for apathetic kids . . . Aung San Suu Kyi couldn't pick up her Nobel Peace Prize this year because the regime in Burma (also known as Myanmar) holds her under house arrest, but she provides a beacon of democratic hope to people caught in one of the world's worst remaining tyrannies . . . Luke Perry and Jason Priestly are the lucky residents of Beverly Hills, 90210, the coolest ZIP code on earth. For fans of these sensitive heartthrobs, swooning is still in style...
Modern times have not altered the tradition much. In the past three years, the state has seen the impeachment of Governor Evan Mecham for misuse of state funds; the arrest of seven legislators on bribery charges; allegations that Arizona's two Senators were involved in the Keating Five influence-peddling scandal; and the conviction of a prominent savings and loan chief on 17 counts of securities fraud. "It seems we have an unlucky star over our heads," said former Governor Bruce Babbitt, the state's cleanest political light. "Now we'd all like it to pass over the horizon...