Word: chain
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...burning of fossil fuels had thrust the environment back into the headlines, and it was time to make Earth Day 1990 a global happening. Hayes didn't disappoint. Spurred on by his organizational efforts, nature lovers staged spectacular events around the world, from a 500-mile human chain across France to a gathering of 35,000 in Tokyo Bay. In all, 200 million people paid homage to the planet...
WHAT DOES STARBUCKS MEAN TO YOU? A grande latte, a study spot away from Lamont, a ubiquitous commercial chain? Probably not Moby Dick. But Melville was on the mind of Terry and Gordon, founding fathers of one of our nation's hallmarks...
...relation to Melville's Starbuck pertains to his flesh as hard as twice-baked biscuit and live blood that would not spoil like bottled ale. Starbucks Coffee, however, provides neither ale nor twice-baked biscuits. The name has lost all tinge of its literary flavor, evoking instead a mega-chain flavor--a status achieved thanks to our contribution of big bucks...
Lisa Burkin, advertising and promotions manager for WordsWorth, says the uniformity in selection among most chain bookstores worries...
...There is nothing chain-like about WordsWorth," Burkin says. "It's a great place to browse...