Word: boundingly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...only one. The Times' Frank Rich has called O.J. "a self-perpetuating cultural industry, with tentacles reaching into every branch of show biz." Where there is show-biz, there are bound to be glitter-seekers. A woman who lied about seeing O.J. at the murder scene made more than $10,000 from a tabloid show. Other sleazy tabloids will pay anyone remotely associated with O.J. or his ex-wife to tell them a story. Whether these tales are based in reality or in their own money-hungry delusion is another issue. Jurors, if selected, could refuse to support a majority...
Shapiro, who went by the name Evan, was bound for the Harvard Class of 1998 before learning last July that a rare bone cancer, first diagnosed in October 1992, would be terminal...
...institution in business for 2,000 years is bound to be condescending ( about passing fads. Rome's attitude alternates between suggesting that concern about these issues (birth control, women's rights) is an ephemeral ideological trend and implying that such concern represents the vanguard of forces infinitely darker. Both reactions are wrong, I think...
...story of the deaf in America is intimately bound up with ASL and its travails. Traditionally, schooling for the deaf featured attempts, usually unsuccessful, to get them to learn and speak languages they couldn't hear. In the early 1800s, however, American instructors, acknowledging deaf practice, began teaching a language composed entirely of gestures. ASL became the backbone of almost all formal schooling for the deaf. In 1880, however, educators reverted to a philosophy called oralism. Unlike ASL, oralism was committed to English: written, lip-read and spoken...
...Sweden-bound ferry that sank Tuesday, killing 1,102 people, had a door missing in its bow, according to Swedish authorities. Investigators said the door may have been ripped out by crashing waves, causing the ship to roll over and sink in a matter of minutes off the southwestern coast of Sweden. Another possibility is that the door "may have been left untied," says TIME reporter Ulla Plon in Copenhagen. Authorities maintained that the ferry complied with Swedish maritime safety standards. "They are now looking at whether those safety standards should be changed," says Plon. Investigators are using an unmanned...