Word: cloud
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...real world, every silver lining has a cloud, and DreamWorks faces a few. The world entertainment market could go limp, from a recession or from software exhaustion. Or the company could make flop movies and records. The HBO deal, which was touted as a billion-dollar windfall for DreamWorks, is tied to box-office performance; if the films are dogs, HBO will pay considerably less. And what if all goes poorly? The team's investors could demand that their money be returned before S, K and G get paid for their two-thirds equity stake...
...great cloud rose up and covered the land, and the LORD saw that it was cumulo-nimbus. 2 All of the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the windows of the heavens were opened. 3 And the people heard the mighty call of the LORD, and carried their umbrellas as the LORD had commanded. 4 It rained upon the Earth for forty days and forty nights, and the people grew weary and cried to the LORD. 5 And the great prophet, whose name was Willard Scott, son of Bryant, spoke to the people. 6 And Willard the Prophet...
...were implemented on the cheap, as a hurried, cosmetic substitute for a more serious, comprehensive, and expensive attempt to improve Black opportunities. The consequence was a social policy compromised from the start, pitting white liberals against an increasingly resentful white lower-middle class, and putting Black achievements under a cloud of ambiguity...
...devotes 30 seconds or so to lighting his pipe. Down on the field, the two-minute warning sounds. Dad puffs out a cloud of smoke and says, ``He seemed like an honest sloth...
...competition. Europe's mild winter has made mush out of slopes for downhill racing, in which Tomba never competes. As a boy, he was warned against that risky business by his mother--sound advice it may be, for injuries have also dogged his rivals. If there is a cloud on Tomba's horizon, it is Marc Girardelli of Luxembourg, a five-time world champ. Girardelli finished 18th at Adelboden, but his third-place Cup total of 563 points still gives him a theoretical shot at the title. He has 12 races left, while Tomba has just four: two this weekend...