Word: chest
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Rescue $16; Discovery Toys; ages 3 to 5 The driver of this chunky little fire truck sways merrily enough as he's pushed along, but the real fun comes after the ladder is raised and the truck opens like a suitcase to reveal a treasure chest of little knobs and handles to push, pull and turn, all with appropriately satisfying whirs and clicks. Kids provide the siren...
...portraits. However, sometimes the subject is reduced to a characteristic single attribute (Sandra Bernhard's mouth, Cher's rear view) that is key to their media image. In other pictures, Ritts' gaze shifts to a different aspect of the person. A portrait of Mick Jagger shows only his bony chest covered by a pair of satin overalls with "Mick" spelled out in rhinestones. Cindy Crawford is disguised as Marilyn Monroe in a blond wig. One whimsical portrait has an old, wrinkled Milton Berle in a granny cap. But the subjects don't just play parts; they also express themselves...
...Texaco discovered oil in the depths of the Ecuadorian Amazon. A treasure chest of biological diversity, this area is also home to several indigenous groups, including the Huaorani, the Secoya, the Shuar and the Quichua. Under Ecuadorian law, these groups have no rights to subsurface minerals on their land, so the oil was sold by the government without their consent. When the oil company tried to enter the area, its trucks were blocked by irate local villagers. Only with the help of the military was Texaco able to begin drilling...
What a sorry spectacle. Bill Clinton and Boutros Boutros-Ghali poking each other like palookas too mulish to know better. The President of the U.S. and the Secretary-General of the U.N. have gone chest to chest over who should run the international peace organization when Boutros-Ghali's term expires Dec. 31. "You're out," says Clinton. "I won't go," answers Boutros-Ghali. "We veto you," responds Clinton. "I'm still the only candidate," retorts Boutros-Ghali. The African bloc can keep submitting the 74-year-old diplomat's name to the Security Council for a second five...
...victim and the students were playing a pick-up game of basketball when they began to argue. The conflict escalated when one assailant hit the victim in the chest, said Harvard Police Chief Francis D. "Bud" Riley...