Word: backyard
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...these new guys in 282 were dirty, but I could have told him that," says Susan Jennik, head of the Association for Union Democracy, a reform group that has monitored the Teamsters since 1969. "It's hard to believe he could be so naive. Local 282 is in his backyard. He grew up around these people...
...mining, he nevertheless said he was unwilling to gamble a national treasure -- Yellowstone -- against short-term economic gain. Damage from a failed tailings pond, warned Baucus, could be "cataclysmic" and "irreversible." He didn't say what should be done with the tailings -- truck convoys to NIMBY ("not in my backyard") land are a possibility -- but if an on-the-mountain tailings pond is necessary, mine plans "should be abandoned...
...decor is a phantasmagoric wave of colors straight out of Sonny and Crockett's backyard. There are the hot-pink napkins placed on the nearly fluorescent green tables, and the random rainbow-colored paintings hanging on the dramatically white walls. It's almost as though they were trying to simulate how Pepto-Bismol works inside one's stomach. The whole mess is just too damn loud. But then again, the spicy, fruity food actually blends in quite nicely with this decor...
...plane that way -- while getting twice as much business done as his competitors. He also picked up an ugly, if effective, golf swing. We welcome him back, and wish Billy, 7, the older of his two sons, luck with the tough transition he's worried about from the Bulls' backyard to the land of the Knicks. After Jack's brief tenure in 1989 as Time's advertising sales director, his colleagues presented him with a clock emblazoned, Thanks for a great six months. He recently asked if he would have to give it back. No -- we're just happy...
...Francisco, preliminary research suggests that such games make children "more aggressive or more tolerant of aggression." That jibes with the experience of parents who will drag their kids away from a kick-boxing video game only to watch them start kick-boxing with each other in the backyard...