Word: belle
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...know. And in case you're thinking that nothing this year could have been of greater significance than The Election, you may be interested to learn that in the year of the now famous Hayes-Tilden mess--of which no one took note until two months ago--Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone, Brahms finished composing Symphony No. 1 (op. 68), Renoir painted Le Moulin de la Galette. And Hilarion Daza was made President of Bolivia. And a juvenile reformatory was founded in Elmira...
...them there. Scallions, who came onto stage in cowboy hat and blue feathered jacket, had enough of an element of musical madness to keep the audience more than interested as the band played cuts from their new release, Something Like Human, and their platinum 1998 debut Sunburn. Guitarist/songwriter Carl Bell's enthusiasm for his music was particularly evident as he provoked the crowd into standing up and singing along with such well-known songs as "Bittersweet," off Sunburn. When the band played "Shimmer," their modern-rock staple, band members left much of the singing to the audience, which was more...
...Feeney, like the rest of the country, wouldn't have minded if the U.S. Supreme Court had swooped down from Washington to save him from this particular spot in the history of partisanship. But the bell never rang, and Feeney's House stayed right on schedule...
...course, if they have to, and if Kennedy and O'Connor don't get peeled, the Staying Five could still just ring the bell for the Republicans, on the logic that a half-baked hand count wasn't going to make the scoring any more accurate. We'll get over it - by most accounts, this non-election fight between two non-presidents still has the American people cheering at the TV as bemusedly as they would for any Don King-sponsored heavyweight bout. But as December shortens, the people are scanning the arena for a credible referee before the brawl...