Word: closed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Maybe five minutes passed--he was sweating anyhow--when a man's voice spoke from close behind him. "Need any help...
Still, Yasser Arafat, according to a close aide, was "furious" with his wife for embarrassing Clinton. "He didn't appreciate having to defend her to American and European diplomats," says the aide. The Arafats are accustomed to playing a defensive game. Suha, 36, with her bottle-blond tresses, Louis Feraud suits and French fashion magazines, was not the wife most Palestinians had imagined for their austere leader, 70, whose dedication to their liberation is symbolized in his olive drabs, stubbly beard and standard explanation (since abandoned) that he remained a bachelor because he was married to a woman called Palestine...
...chance to compete directly is alluring. On the other hand, there is a second-class element to webRIOT online: the TV contestants win bigger daily prizes (all-expense-paid vacations, for instance) and watching a show just because your name might appear on the air is a tad close to Romper Room. But, says MTV Online vice president Rick Holzman, viewers downloaded more than 750,000 copies of the game software before the show's premiere, and while he says MTV's Internet servers have undergone heavy testing, you almost suspect the network hopes the system will be shut down...
...Kathy Paddock, a bookkeeper, assists 40 elderly clients and their families by helping them manage their household finances and insurance forms; she visits some of her clients in nursing homes and keeps in touch with their family members by phone. Paddock says she loves her work and has grown close to her clients and their families, "but no one should have to do this alone." Caregivers must also take care of their own personal, health and financial planning. As I couldn't help noticing this Thanksgiving, we recent graduates of the kid's table aren't getting any younger ourselves...
...time high. Here's another gem: "The explosive coming of age of Japanese consumers, central European producers and Latin American governments lowered U.S. successes to second-tier status," the report reads. Well, whiff again. That scenario may develop in the next 10 years, but it doesn't come close to describing the decade in question...