Word: bonanza
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...pursued in the region in the 1990s, when much was promised and little was accomplished in terms of raising living standards. The leader of this turn toward populism is Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez, who has cast himself as the heir to Fidel Castro, using his country's oil bonanza to purchase political influence all over the continent. But in recent months, the Chávez movement has run up against opposition from forces that view it as wrongheaded, militaristic and undemocratic. In Mexico's election, as in Peru's last month, Chávez turned out to be more...
...care more efficient and less expensive. Does it really make sense that docs and nurses who give their time and skill taking care of poor people for free actually have some desire to experiment on or simply torture their patients? Not being able to cash in on the malpractice bonanza is the price of free medical care. It's a bargain...
...Friday and overcoming a third-period deficit Saturday night to escape with a 3-2 victory.In its highest-scoring game of the season, the Crimson (19-11-2) jumped out to an early 3-0 lead in the first period and never looked back. Watters began the scoring bonanza with a goal only 25 seconds into the game, and Murphy followed with his first goal of the night only three minutes later.Harvard continued to push the tempo and control the action for the majority of the first period, taking advantage of the fact that the Saints were playing their sixth...
...Boldest Attempt at Social Enlightenment Broadway became the Gay White Way, as shows with homosexual and AIDS themes (Kiss of the Spider Woman, Angels in America) won top honors at the Tonys and reaped a box-office bonanza. Theater is facing up to what Hollywood, until Philadelphia, has mostly ignored...
...band won't be the same. All of my teachers are great and appreciate my humor and hard work. After school, I practice piano, sing in a chorus, and go to my church's after school program. Sometimes, on Friday nights, I attend PYC, which is a babysitting bonanza where I help sit for groups of up to 20 kids. I don't do it for the money; I do it because I like spending time with Lilliputians. For those of you who have seen Jurassic Park II: think about the scene where all the little dinosaurs jump...