Word: blowingly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...decade later, the two boys most damaged by the torture--they've become cold professional killers, played by Billy Crudup and Ron Eldard--encounter Nokes in a bar, blow him away and blow us into yet another fictive mode, the improbable legal thriller. Here in Grisham country we discover that the other two protagonists have gone straight: Michael (Brad Pitt) is an assistant D.A. assigned to prosecute the case, while Carcaterra, nicknamed Shakes (Jason Patric), is an aspiring newspaperman. Michael intends not only to lose the case against his old pals but also to use it to wreak vengeance...
...offensive linemen probably have come to grips with the fact that they will never receive the credit they deserve; only the blame when they blow an assignment. The people who do get the glory are the "skill-position" players, headlined, of course, by the quarterbacks...
Dartmouth place kicker Dave Regula established a new school record in the blow-out, scoring 16 points in the game on four field goals and four extra points...
...that Time Warner reneged on an agreement to carry the Fox News Channel on its cable systems, opting for MSNBC instead. (Time Warner had been required by the Federal Trade Commission to pick up one CNN competitor in order to win approval of the Turner merger.) This was a blow to Murdoch's hopes of expansion, since it means he will be blocked from Time Warner's almost 12 million cable homes--most crucially those in New York City, where Fox is based. Last week Murdoch filed a $2 billion antitrust suit and enlisted Mayor Rudolph Giuliani to help pressure...
Republicans, notably Opportunities Committee Chair William R. Goodling (R-Pa.), accuse President Clinton and Democrats in general of wasting money on higher education and declare victory, saying they have struck a blow for responsible spending...