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Word: bents (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...escape and the heat surged through the staircases where rescue operations were taking place. At the height of the fire, flames leapt from windows on the top three or four floors and the whole building was engulfed in heavy smoke. Steel window frames on the top floor were bent by intense heat. Some people inside waved pieces of cloth through ventilation shafts, trying to alert rescuers. Two government helicopters were used to pluck people to safety...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hong Kong Fire Kills 39 | 11/21/1996 | See Source »

Despite the global pretensions, Concert's first gig will be the $100 billion local phone network in the U.S. Hello, Baby Bells. Competition calling. The combination of MCI's hell-bent-for-market-share moxie and BT's muscle--Concert will have a cash flow of $12 billion--could wreak havoc in local markets, and that could be good news for anyone with a dial tone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MCI'S NEW EXTENSION | 11/18/1996 | See Source »

...occurs in someone who wants to be a hero so badly that he creates emergencies so he can rescue people. Jewell, a police wannabe, fit this profile and also had the characteristics of people who use pipe bombs--white single men in their 30s or 40s with a martial bent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE STRANGE SAGA OF RICHARD JEWELL | 11/11/1996 | See Source »

Absurdity seems to be the buzz word around advertising agencies, as almost every winning commercial took a normal situation and bent it to a ridiculous conclusion. A Pepsi ad, for instance, features a boy on the beach drinking a Pepsi who then sucks himself into the bottle. Japp, a European candy bar, runs an ad where a West Indian man, having eaten the candy bar, mistakenly pushes a Porsche over a cliff. The slogan is "Japp--Extra Energy to Push You Over...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Is It Live Or Is It Memorex? You Cannes Find Out... | 11/7/1996 | See Source »

After surprising observers by knocking off a more moderate primary opponent in 1994, LoBiondo became a loyal member of the Republican freshman class, generally sticking to the conservative policies he ran on. He has shown a soft spot for Social Security and Medicare, as well as an occasional environmental bent, but retains solid conservative credentials...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A GUIDE TO THE CONGRESSIONAL RACES: NEW JERSEY | 11/4/1996 | See Source »

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