Word: blowingly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Although I met Ben only a few times, I am an old and close friend of his father," Rudenstine said in a telephone interview. "From what I gather from his friends and family, he was a very extraordinary person. This came as a really devastating and completely unexpected blow from nowhere...
Saint Martins is undergoing some growing pains. The fashion student body has risen from 250 to 550 since 1990. Not all the graduates can be represented in the show, and that is a bad blow to many. To stretch its faculty--and encourage the kids--the college calls back old grads, who work on a project basis. One is Bill Gayten, a cutter for Galliano. While novice tailors listen, he talks about the designer's famous bias-cut dresses, many of which he has worked on. Galliano demands toiles (patterns) not of traditional muslin but of the same fine fabric...
...think it's perfectly appropriate for people to blow off steam on the discussion group as well as to ask for help with the problem sets," he posted...
...accused, along with 17 other men, of conducting a notorious 1987 hit-squad murder of 13 people, including seven children. Despite widespread belief in their culpability, Malan and his co-defendants were acquitted of all charges by a white Supreme Court judge. The ruling was interpreted as a massive blow to the Truth Commission's power to persuade former henchmen of the regime to cooperate...
...counter the blow dealt by the Iowa Farm Bureau, which endorsed his opponent, Mahaffey called for a series of debates to show that he too supports farmers. He believes a smaller government would lower interest rates, which would in turn translate into cheaper houses, cars and equipment for his constituents. He also thinks some things such as education can be handled best on a local level...