Word: buffets
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...down for 11 days at Andrews Air Force Base on Sept. 7, little was accomplished. Byrd, for example, demanded a $50 billion kitty for unspecified domestic spending. Several members -- Senators Robert Dole and Jim Sasser and Representative Silvio Conte -- often refused to work late. Air Force stewards larded buffet tables with so many roasts and desserts that, when asked what Andrews produced, one White House official replied, "expanded waistlines." When Bush gave his nationwide speech, the budget took a backseat to the gulf. Repeating his call for a cut in the capital-gains tax, the President promised not to tinker...
Many critics dismiss the new generation as culture vultures. But there is another way of looking at them: as open-minded samplers of an increasingly diverse cultural buffet. Rap music has fueled a fresh array of clothing styles and political attitudes, not to mention musical innovations. A new, hot radio format has evolved to provide exposure for such urban dance-music acts as Soul II Soul and Lisa Stansfield. On television, MTV has grown from an exclusively rock-'n'-roll outlet to one that encompasses pop, soul, reggae and even disco. Like Madonna in her hit song Vogue, this generation...
...looking straight up through the canopy, my head back as far as it will go. It gets heavier as we go over in a roll to intersect the geometry of the other plane's evasive maneuver. The gravity force is building up again, and the plane begins to buffet. I've used up too much energy, and we slide down, missing another chance to line up a shot. The earth comes spiraling up at us as we regain airspeed. Too late. The enemy is on me now, and I'm in his gunsight. ("Lose sight and you lose the fight...