Word: dooms
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...This has been a time when ordinary people - firemen, policemen, volunteers - have been justly hailed as heroes. They only make the comicbook superheroes seem more artificial. But wondering if this spells their doom is absurd. If anything, the likes of Captain America and Superman can become more relevant during nationalist crises. After the start of World War II audiences couldn't get enough of seeing Hitler and Tojo's minions take it in the mush courtesy of Cap and Supes. Depending on the length and intensity of the coming "War on Terrorism," don't be surprised to see our fantasy...
...Wall Street is pretty much tasting its own cooking these days, and that means earnings - and maybe cable guys - will be setting the temperature of the Dow, NASDAQ and S&P 500 for a while yet. And with everyone awaiting gloom and doom, well, there's always a chance, however slim, for a pleasant surprise...
Fans of famed movie pig Babe were wallowing in grief after recent reports that he was headed to the slaughterhouse for fear of foot-and-mouth disease. In fact, the porker marked for doom was another celeb pig, named Grunty, who starred in the British TV show Pig at the Ritz--and who was ultimately spared. That's Babe at right. We think...
...spreading the bug while I figured out how to get rid of it. Next I checked my Out box. Argh! Sixty-five messages were queued up, waiting to be sent to my friends. Each was from me. Each bore the subject line "Homepage." Each had a file attached, as doom-laden as a warhead...
...With the Republican nomination secured, Card used his knowledge of Mass. politics against fellow Bay State politician Michael Dukakis, uncovering the highly controversial Willie Horton issue, which helped doom Dukakis's run for the White House...