Word: domes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Fifty thousand people packed the Tokyo Dome (Japan's only domed stadium, affectionately called "The Big Egg") to watch the January 9 spectacle. The media flocked to the event like lawyers to an ambulance and the organizers held a large banquet to mark the occasion...
...plume of dust, the central dome of an ancient Muslim mosque in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh collapsed under the blows of 4,000 Hindu fanatics last week -- and shook the subcontinent to its foundations. Like the three domes that crowned the 464-year-old Babri mosque, the three pillars of the modern Indian state -- democracy, secularism and the rule of law -- are now at risk from the fury of religious nationalism...
Ramer, famous for his "chrome dome" (although his hair is making a strong comeback) established himself this year as a key member of the Crimson's pass defense--a unit which finished atop the Ivy League (12 interceptions, 144.6 yards/game given...
...WINDS OF CHANGE -- AND MONEY -- SEEMED CERtain to lift the San Francisco Giants baseball team out of their drafty, weather-beaten stadium and carry them to a new air-conditioned dome and a $115 million buyout offer in St. Petersburg, Florida. Then the wind shifted. Baseball team owners voted 9 to 4 to keep the Giants put, opting for a $100 million counteroffer and a pledge for a new stadium. "It's a game of tradition," trumpeted Chicago Cubs owner Stanton Cook in explaining the vote...
...might add that Toronto, which lies on virtually the same latitude as Boston, does not have "a climate that necessitates a dome." Our weather has four perfect seasons...