Word: candlestick
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...those who have to work must cram their shopping into a few frantic hours in the evenings or on Saturday mornings. Planning a weekend dinner party? Best to have the menu set by Thursday night. That way you can spend the next day going from butcher to baker to candlestick maker, purchasing the ingredients. (Germans still prefer to shop the old- fashioned way, buying a few things at a time at a multitude of stores.) But don't forget the Mittagspause, the lunch break that most mom-and-pop stores dutifully observe...
...started with the October Classic, which became in a few brief moments the October Nightmare. Candlestick Park shook, major league baseball shuddered and the World Series was split by tragedy. Debates raged about whether or not the Series should be finished, but for all intents and purposes--both competitively and in terms of fan interest--it was over the moment our television screens went blank...