Word: circuitous
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...This great myth of my application has been enjoyed over the cocktail circuit over the past years," says Malin, who is originally from Ireland. "I did apply, just past the deadline...
After much rehearsal, he and the master hit the show-biz circuit, breaking in the act at rural fairs and carnivals. Walt steadily improves, and so do his bookings: "We stunned them in Worcester. We wowed them in Springfield. They dropped their drawers in Bridgeport." His self-regard soars as well: "I was Walt the Wonder Boy, the diminutive daredevil who defied the laws of gravity, the one and only ace of the air." He is struck by the fact that his triumphs take wing in the same year, 1927, that Lindbergh flies across the Atlantic: "I didn't know...
...federal appeals court ruled the armed forces can't bar homosexuals based solely on their statements that they are gay -- a move that could chip away at the Clinton Administration's ostrich-like "don't ask, don't tell" policy. The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a federal judge's reinstatement of Petty Officer Keith Meinhold, who had been denied re-enlistment after disclosing his homosexuality on television.Instead, only a statement that shows a "concrete, fixed or expressed desire to engage in homosexual acts despite their being prohibited" should be grounds for involuntary discharge. The ruling stopped short...
...entire season. Williams was the last major leaguer to do so, in 1941, finishing at .406. Payton has a .403 batting average as the Pittsfield Mets begin their pennant-stretch run. He's facing pitchers from the minors, sure -- but the lighting around the New York-Penn circuit is bush league too, giving the pitchers an edge. In addition, Payton and every other hitter at Wahconah has to deal with a delightful idiosyncrasy. In 1919 Wahconah was laid out with day baseball in mind. Home plate faces west -- precisely the wrong direction for Mets games that now begin...
...panel of three federal judges said two Los Angeles policemen convicted of civil rights violations in the beating of motorist Rodney King should get tougher sentences. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruling, in Los Angeles, could double the 21/2-year terms given to Sgt. Stacey Koon and Officer Laurence Powell...