Word: enterances
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...vigorous, retro-'70s disaster movie, reminiscent of Airport or The Towering Inferno. Only this time the disaster is the end of the world. On July 2 in a near future year, humongous spaceships enter the Earth's atmosphere, hover over major cities around the globe, then send out a heat ray that pulverizes every urban center. Washington, New York, Los Angeles, Paris, Moscow--all barbecued. On July 3 the U.S. President (Bill Pullman) plots his counterattack with the aid of a computer genius (Jeff Goldblum), an Air Force pilot (Will Smith) and all their surviving relatives. By July...
...even the most dedicated transvestite could enjoy the annual rite of trying on bathing suits. All year long you've been judged by your efficiency, your creativity, your managerial talents--and suddenly, when you enter that fitting room, the only operative criteria are tilt of breasts and firmness of thighs. Where is the FDA when you need it? There should be warning labels on every suit: this product may be hazardous to your self-esteem...
...search program at the History 1607 site allows students to select a census year from which they want information. They then enter what statistics they want, for example, the number of slaves in a given county in Virginia in 1840. Armed with this kind of detailed, and often complex, statistical knowledge, students were able to become experts on a given county, matching up the subjective impressions they received from the reading with the quantitative information they gained from the web site, Brown says...
...biggest story might turn out to be neither a horse nor a rider but a tick-transmitted equine blood disease called piroplasmosis. Despite objections from Georgia officials, more than a dozen foreign horses that have tested positive for the disease will enter the U.S. for the Games. Americans to watch: husband and wife David and Karen O'Connor in the three-day event, Michael Matz in jumping and Michelle Gibson in dressage...
Unlike his classmates who hoped for careers in academia, Podkopaev sought a career as a professional. He wanted to enter "the real world" as soon as possible, friends said, so he could start making money to support family members, who still live without electricity in Vinnitsa...