Word: breathing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...arrest brought the first spell of relief from the fear that had gripped Japan for two months. The nation had been holding its breath, worried that another horror would occur before police built their case against Aum. On May 5 a cleaning woman in Tokyo's sprawling Shinjuku station found a hydrogen-cyanide gas bomb before it went off. The device had been placed near a ventilation duct that would have spread the gas quickly. It was potent enough to have killed 10,000 people...
...peace. Right now the Bosnian Serbs control 70% of Bosnian territory. The so-called Contact Group -- he U.S., Britain, Russia, France and Germany -- has a plan that requires the Serbs to reduce their share of the land to 49%. They have shown little interest. "We're not holding our breath for the Serbs to accept [the Contact Group plan] as the 'basis' for talks, the 'starting point' or anything else," says a top Administration official...
...refreshing breath of foppery comes from Lord Brounker (Mike Efron). An envoy to the King, he brings both good and bad news to Sir John. Fabulously beribboned in pink, Brounker is a starlet who wags his opulence in the face of the sick and the desperate. Literally a pink triangle, his effeminate manner and costuming furnish a witty reminder of the politics of our own age. Efron brings just the right delicate edge to make his performance stand...
...sobs from inside the rubble told rescue workers instantly that children were still in the building, still alive. They plunged into the debris, turning over cribs and furniture, hoping to find signs of life, catching their breath at the sight of babies burned beyond recognition. "We started moving bricks and rocks," said police sergeant John Avera, "and we found two babies." Firemen tenderly carried the infants, as paramedics wrapped them in long white gauze like christening dresses. Several toddlers were found wandering around the underground parking lot, searching for parents. The parents in turn scrambled through the chaos, frantic...
Iacocca is just the opposite. In the same breath that he denies any ambition to return to management, he sketches out plans for the company's future. Though he brings a relative pittance to the deal in Chrysler stock--about $50 million--the value of his reputation, and the credibility it lends to Kerkorian, is priceless. And as Iacocca knows, with this deal he again puts it on the line. Revered as the man who would not let Chrysler fall, could he also be a man unable...