Word: clocked
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Even my friend Gates--beautiful literary criticism, but he sneaks over to Forbes and says there's a cultural poverty in the inner city. I live in a Black neighborhood, and who's lazy? The people who get up at 5 o'clock in the morning and go down looking for cans, or some guy in Washington who sits in a think-tank all day talking about the underclass? So I wish he'd stick with literary criticism and leave social policy...
...Fame's clock is ticking fast, Leary knows. "You can be the 'two words' guy for two years and make millions," he says, chain-smoking in his manager's New York City office, "and then the next thing you know you're driving around with no work. People are coming up to you like, 'Didn't you used to be Denis Leary...
...Angeles, D-FENS steps into a contemporary urban nightmare. It's all here: panhandlers and drive-by shootings, a terrorized fast-food restaurant, even a neo-Nazi skinhead spewing hate. In effect, director Joel Schumacher is re-creating, quite artfully, all the horrific images on the 11 o'clock news. And it is impossible to distance yourself from these pictures the way you can when they are surrounded by weather and sports...
...John the Baptist has faithfully served parishoners, visitors and refugees for over 150 years by keeping its doors open around the clock. Like city parks that have given way to the nefarious dealings of the underworld, St. John's original purpose of sheltering those in need of peace has been lost in the shuffle...
Hartford's lead reached as much as 37, at 78-41, with about six and half minutes to go before Hawks Coach Paul Brazeau began to clear his bench. As the clock wound down, the only suspense left lay in whether Hartford would break 100 points for the game. Much to the chagrin of the few remaining fans, the Hawks...