Word: balle
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...professional ad agencies, while they far surpassed the efforts of human amateurs. For instance, while a human suggested a picture of the walls of the Old City to promote a tennis tournament in Jerusalem, the computer proposed a domed mosque with the dome in the shape of a tennis ball...
...Hugo Chavez, 45, a fellow revolutionary who took office in February after having spent time in prison following a failed 1992 military coup. Acting as starting pitcher, Chavez walked two batters and gave up three runs in the first inning; he finished the game at first base. A former ball player, Castro, 73, proved his instincts remain intact on the field, helping his team to a 5-4 victory...
...once hit a ball into your own hotel room. Did you take a mulligan...
Like the Music Hall itself, Radio City's annual holiday show has been given a grand sprucing up. Worn-out numbers have been retired, classics (Parade of the Wooden Soldiers) polished bright as a Christmas-tree ball, and sprightly new scenes added (White Christmas in New York). A revamped Santa's Workshop is riotously colorful. Santa couldn't ask for an escort with more dash than the Rockette reindeer team that prances at the head of his sleigh, and audiences couldn't hope for a more splendiferous Christmas present...
...ball drops in Times Square and the lights are still on when it hits the bottom, you can breathe a little easier. Just don't exhale completely. Give it a couple more days; then, if all goes well, you can curl up on the sofa and laugh yourself silly at a tape of Y2K--assuming your VCR still works, of course...