Word: bring
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...with sorry tales to tell. Flynt says three editors spent last week winnowing those down to about "12 officials with pasts that look very promising and with concrete evidence to back them up." He relishes "repeat offenders" but is particularly excited by the bonus divorced members bring--the possibility that they have lied under oath...
...finally, what the American People want is to bring this to closure. Oh, and bipartisanship: they want to see bipartisanship. Bipartisanship and closure. Same thing...
...relinquished it in preparation for this week's U.S.-sponsored Israeli-Palestinian summit at the Wye Plantation in Maryland. That meeting is aimed at achieving further Israeli withdrawal from parts of the West Bank, a move hotly opposed by Netanyahu's far-right coalition allies, who have threatened to bring down the government over the issue. Sharon's promotion is Netanyahu's sop to them, an unpleasant one for the Prime Minister, given the long rivalry between the two men. The idea is that Sharon, a hard-liner, will vigilantly guard the interests of the ultranationalists, perhaps by sabotaging...
...rapper JAY-Z, whose latest release debuted last week at No. 1 on the Billboard album chart, saw something altogether grittier. "I watched the movie and was mesmerized," he says, referring to the scene in which the orphans sing Hard Knock Life. "They're too strong to let life bring them down. That's the ghetto right there." Inspired, Jay-Z sampled the song on his new album's title track, Hard Knock Life. Needless to say, the tune's original author was somewhat surprised by its new incarnation. "I thought musical theater was a million miles from rap," says...
Representatives of the owners and players sat down for talks last week, but like Charles Barkley and Dennis Rodman fighting for the low post, neither side gave ground. Commissioner David Stern canceled the exhibition season. And this week is likely to bring worse news: because teams need at least three weeks to sign free agents and hold training camps, Stern and the owners, who have locked the players out since July, are expected to call off at least part of the 82-game regular season...