Word: beate
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...sitting in the dark seems painfully thin, but he has gained 25 lbs. since Haitian police detained him for nine days last March. They stomped on his back, beat him with batons, kicked him with their boots. He survived on a liquid diet: the urine of his captors. He now lives on the run in Port-au- Prince, hiding with friends and begging for food...
...performance, however, suffered from an obvious lack of rehearsal, with the pianist and the conductor, Vassily Sinaisky, unable to agree on basic matters of tempo: Cliburn finished the first movement a good half-beat ahead of the band. The andantino movement went well enough, but disaster struck in the blazing finale, which fell apart in a tug-of-war -- Cliburn pulling ahead, Sinaisky dragging back. The battle increased in intensity until, all at once, Cliburn suddenly appeared to lose interest, and the piece almost collapsed near the end in a welter of notes...
...answers were less than reassuring. NASA Director James Webb was not certain we could beat the Soviets to the moon. Chief NASA scientist Hugh Dryden thought it might take a program like the atom bomb's Manhattan Project and cost $40 billion. (The entire federal budget was then $98 billion.) Budget Director David Elliott Bell asked where the money would come from. Staff aide Ted Sorensen brought up the financial needs of earthly social programs. Science adviser Jerome Wiesner, sucking on a cold pipe, wasn't sure a manned lunar landing made good scientific sense...
...admit the hackers have cruised into sensitive areas like missile research and aircraft design.THE BEST OF THE TUBE? The controversial police drama "NYPD Blue" racked up a record-setting 26 Emmy nominations today, including Best Drama and two Best Actor nods for stars David Caruso and Dennis Franz. CBS beat out the other networks with its 91 nominations. Other standouts include "Star Trek: The Next Generation's" bid for Best Drama Series -- the first time a syndicated show has been nominated for the honor. THE OOPS AWARD GOES TO: Comedian Tim Allen and his staff, who missed the nomination deadline...
...Shaughnessy wimps out. He decides he doesn't like the Cup. It's too slow. There isn't enough scoring. You can't use your hands. The rest of the world can be wrong, if our nation can't beat Romania...