Word: blackout
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Henry Ford died in his bed at his Fair Lane mansion seven months after I met him, during a blackout caused by a storm in the spring of 1947. He was 83. The fact is, there probably couldn't be a Henry Ford in today's world. Business is too collegial. One hundred years ago, business was done by virtual dictators--men laden with riches and so much power they could take over a country if they wanted to. That's not acceptable anymore. But if it hadn't been for Henry Ford's drive to create a mass market...
Finally, "New York Blackout," much like "Draggin the Lake," is a song which has some great elements and potential to be truly excellent. "New York Blackout" makes a fantastic use of percussion and guitar, and the song starts powerfully, developing well with an interesting guitar line and melody. Sadly, each time the tune becomes really worthwhile, it stops, gets slow and whines until it picks up more momentum. The best way to describe "New York Blackout" is to say that it is enjoyable--good at some points, cheesy at others, but not quite enough to be a Broadway tune...
...moments take place during this act: Reynolds draws howls and cheers from the audience with one raised eyebrow as she struts around stage in a spicy outfit during "1967-Hot Fun." A minute later, the deadly pounding of drums echoes the dancers' intense and slow-burning rage in "1977-Blackout...
...time.com in order to help combat "spiritual pollution." But an afternoon's surfing in Beijing shows the government firewalls that block access to these sites are only partly effective. While cnn.com is resolutely blocked, other Western news-focused sites are occasionally accessible because of software glitches on the blackout servers. And most Chinese with Net access are savvy enough to find what they want even in the face of a watchful, nervous government. One group of university students in Tibet fired up a browser in front of a reporter recently and pointed it at the most controversial site they could...
...mystery begins when the professor discovers a Harvard dean's corpse during a power blackout in her office building, the Littauer Center, on the first day of the fall semester...