Word: cincinnati
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...insecure because he felt insecurity breeds greatness," Judy Nye Hallisey, Turner's first wife told biographer Roger Vaughan. During World War II, Ed Turner served in the Navy; he brought along his wife and daughter but left behind Ted, age 6, at a boarding school in Cincinnati. Ted's father sent the boy to a military academy from the fifth grade on, punished him at home for such omissions as failing to read a new book every two days, and charged him rent during summer vacations...
...Cincinnati, which has made four trades in a month, got pitcher John Wetteland on Nov. 27 in a deal that sent Eric Davis to Los Angeles. Then, the Reds turned around and traded Wetteland to Montreal on Wednesday in a five-player swap that brought outfielder Dave Martinez to Cincinnati...
...Cincinnati native who has since come East, I think my heritage allows a special bond with Keillor. Midwesterners like myself seem to swell with pride at having produced such a talented man from the potato fields of Minnesota. It is as if we are desperately insecure about our contribution to national culture and politics. Ours is the birthplace of Lincoln and Twain-but they're dead now and we need someone new, I guess. Someone to tell our stories and sing our praises...
...bums-out mood that threatened officeholders everywhere. Only Washington State seemed to buck that trend by turning down a ballot initiative that would have imposed strict term limits on the state's congressional delegation. But milder term-limitation measures applying to local officials were approved in Houston and Cincinnati, and at least a dozen states will consider variations next year...
...June executives of the Procter & Gamble Co. in Cincinnati complained to police that company information was being illegally leaked to a reporter. To identify the source of the leak, Cincinnati Bell, acting in response to a grand jury subpoena, searched the phone records of every one of its 655,000 customers in the 513 and 606 area codes. P&G executives later conceded that the investigation was an error in judgment...