Word: earshot
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...brand names, such as Plymouth and Oldsmobile, have begun to feel the pinch as the companies seek to cut marketing and advertising costs by focusing on brands with a more youthful image. Oldsmobile, with sagging sales throughout the decade despite many attempts at a spruce-up, reportedly remains within earshot of the GM scrap heap, and Ford's recent acquisitions of Volvo and Jaguar could threaten the longevity of Mercury...
...well be better than the last. But to paraphrase Thomas Jefferson, eternal vigilance could well be the price of freeware. In the beginning, the primary allure of the Web was that everyone on it immediately had their own stage, their own printing press, and the government seemed out of earshot. Now that the Internet has become a backbone of corporate America and of the nation's thriving economy, it is getting more attention from the government from ever. According to these guys, it dearly needs...
...Bush always knew this. He rode his privilege joyously through these first 75 years but always with good humor, and every step of the way he thanked God and anybody else within earshot for "being the luckiest guy on earth." His constant awe about his luck may have been one reason he did not win a second presidential term, but once again Providence may have been dealing out a lucky hand, clearing the way for a new generation that could elevate him to something greater than mere political power--patriarch of history's most commanding family in American public life...
CONVICTED. TIMOTHY BOOMER, 25, of violating Michigan's 1897 anti-swearing law. In a case that drew much attention, a jury in rural Arenac County found Boomer guilty of repeatedly using "the F word" within earshot of children after his canoe overturned in a river. He faces 90 days in jail. The ACLU, which calls the law unconstitutional, has vowed an appeal...
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