Word: boom
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...down!" the janitor yelled. "Get under a table!" They dove for cover, then began crawling--under furniture, over backpacks, slithering toward the stairs. Then they ran as the shots came again. "We heard boom after boom," says sophomore Jody Clouse. "The floor was shaking from the explosions." Bullets clanged as they bounced off metal lockers. Some tried to run upstairs, to the safety of the library. But there was smoke everywhere, the fire alarms had gone off, and the sprinkler system was turning the school into a blinding, misty jungle. So they retreated back downstairs, away from the library, which...
...BORED. VERY, VERY BORED. Also, cold and wet. When we hear the first bars of music emanate forth from a nearby boom box, our spirits soar. Thank god someone was resourceful enough to bring a radio. We're too tired to wonder why they haven't employed it before. We're ready to groove to some tunes...
...BORED. VERY, VERY BORED. ALSO, COLD AND WET. WHEN WE HEAR THE FIRST BARS OF MUSIC EMANATE forth from a nearby boom box, our spirits soar. Thank god someone was resourceful enough to bring a radio. We're too tired to wonder why they haven't employed it before. We're ready to groove to some tunes...
...thing today was Lennon coming in and pitching effectively," Walsh said. "He went out in all of those innings and it was boom! Strike one. Boom! Strike...
...surprising that many of the new deals have an American feel: Europe's latest merger boom is being shaped by armies of pinstriped investment bankers jetting in from Wall Street. In fact, two banks based in New York City, Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs, overtook their European rivals for the first time in 1998 and became the top two advisers for takeovers in Europe in terms of the value of deals they helped bring about, according to Securities Data/Thomson Financial. "I believe there's going to be a lot more hostile activity," predicts Wilder Fulford, a managing director for mergers...