Word: belled
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...orders, betting that a May 20th rise in interest rates was in the cards. Friday, by the time stock markets opened, investors were following the Post's view that Greenspan's remarks mean a rise is now less likely. The Dow quickly ran up 57 points after the opening bell, then fell 100 points, then rose again to finish the day up 32.91 at 7,169.53. The best interpretation, says TIME's Adam Zagorin, lies somewhere in between the headlines. "What Greenspan said is while he doesn't seem to think a rate increase is necessary, he wouldn't hesitate...
VENICE: Six armed separatists took over the bell tower in St. Mark's Square for a few hours early Friday morning to proclaim independence for Venice. Although the group had brought enough supplies for a long stay in the tower, they barely had time to hang out a banner proclaiming their new "Serenissima Repubblica," as the old Venetian republic was called, before police forces scaled the 350-foot building and hauled the men away. Two other separatists were arrested in a mock armored car positioned in the square. No one was injured in the raid. The Northern League, a separatist...
...professional astronomer, former astronaut and new-paradigm scientist, I was a guest on Art Bell's radio talk show [NATION, April 14] on Feb. 16. To Bell's credit, I had the opportunity to make very clear that I saw absolutely no scientific evidence for any spaceship companion to the Hale-Bopp comet. But I also cited positive evidence for the presence of extraterrestrial intelligence through the UFO phenomenon. It is easy to use the Heaven's Gate tragedy to debunk the entire range of phenomena associated with possible visitations, ignoring government cover-ups of reverse engineering and of radical...
...lyrical singer-songwriter whose free-form musical emotionalism captured for many the passions of the 1960s and 1970s; of ovarian cancer; in Danbury, Connecticut. Her unique blend of folk, soul, gospel and Broadway influenced many artists, some of whom turned her tunes into hits. A brief playlist: Wedding Bell Blues (Fifth Dimension), And When I Die (Blood, Sweat and Tears) and Stoney End (Barbra Streisand...
Though accepted to four other colleges, Bell said he will probably come to Harvard, partly because it gave him the best financial aid package...