Word: buttons
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...erratic competitor. On good days she has won national titles and, in 1992, an Olympic bronze medal. On bad days she has lost her nerve and scaled down her program by simplifying or eliminating the tough jumps. Says TV commentator and former - Olympic gold medalist Dick Button: "She is unusually strong as a skater, more so than most women, but in other ways she is very fragile, not confident in herself...
...come a day when ((potential visitors)) say, 'Should it be Orlando or should it be Las Vegas?' Those are two different moods. We think of our vacation in more romantic, personal terms. We're looking for sensual, extended gratification." In other words, Disney World is about tightly scripted smile-button fun for the kids; Las Vegas, despite the new theme-park accessories, remains the epicenter of the American id, still desperate to overpay schmaltzy superstars like Barbra Streisand, still focused on the darker stirrings of chance and liquor...
Most importantly, they're winning. Unlike past seasons, in which the "wait 'til next year" refrain was used more often than the average Harvard student's snooze button, it finally seems that the proverbial future...
With these devices, a customer seeking to purchase cigarettes from a machine must request an attending salesperson to press a button inactivating the lock. The salesperson is supposed to ascertain that the customer is over 18 before allowing the sale...
...quite possible that people like bartenders, when they are busy, really might not bother to check the age and simply press the button whenever they see someone by the machine," Duehay said...