Word: brushing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...themselves, were arrested in Harlingen, Texas, for stealing gasoline credit cards, a charge that was later dropped. Applewhite then spent months shuttling from state to state in a confusing legal tangle over a car. During this period, he wrote his first spiritual manifesto. Applewhite and Nettles also had a brush with a comet. Stranded with a broken-down car in St. Louis, Missouri, they comforted themselves with the thought that "God would provide the means," and on the same night comet Kohoutek appeared...
...think a lot of times people deride political correctness as a way to brush off diversity issues," says Boule, who has used the e-mail incident as a "springboard to action...
...meat" is how Wired News described it last week) that its opponents are eagerly looking forward to a ruling. A clear judgment against it by the Supreme Court could end up extending First Amendment protection for all media into the 21st century. It could also help douse anti-Net brush fires that have sprung up at state and county levels in the months since the bill was signed...
...have become routine for Woods. Those who stayed with Palmer witnessed something far more singular. His round came just nine weeks after he underwent surgery for prostate cancer, and Arnie's brush with mortality served to remind people of his immortality. As he walked up the 18th fairway, the eyes in the gallery were as misty, and the applause as thunderous, as the weather in Orlando, Florida, last week. "I felt wonderful," said Palmer. "I feel very lucky just to be out there playing. That's the important thing about it. I even made [38-year-old playing partner] Fulton...
...Magic Theatres work because we do our homework," says Johnson, who was always interested in business while he was playing ball. "I don't know everything, but I get caught up on what I don't know." He's got some fancy tutoring too. Among those who help him brush up on balance-sheet analysis is former Walt Disney Co. president Michael Ovitz, a close friend. Adds Lombard: "Earvin is a tremendous businessman. He has the same level of vision that he had on the court and the same control in knowing when to pull the trigger and when...