Word: entertainment
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...mind-set that can entertain the notion that the Federal Government would car-bomb its own day-care center in order to disrupt a ragtag vigil is a mind-set that won't easily be appeased by government denials. After a 1993 investigation, the Justice Department blamed the Davidians for the suicidal fire and absolved the FBI of responsibility. Various groups of survivors and families of victims have initiated lawsuits against the Federal Government, seeking more than $1.5 billion in total damages. One group has hired former Attorney General and leftish advocate Ramsey Clark to handle its case...
...more prevalent are the suggestions that somehow, some way, an Islamic terrorist organization is behind this most recent atrocity. While it is altogether sensible to entertain this possibility, it is absolutely critical to maintain the sharp distinction between the Islamic radicals who may have been responsible for this ferocious act and the community of American Muslims and Arabs...
Although Hochanadel's day in the sun was muted by the Harvard loss he still can legitimately tell his grandchildren that he hit a home run over the Green Monster. And that is nothing to sneer at, especially when the vast majority of baseball fans can't even entertain the thought of a cup of coffee in the big show...
...world of perfection, like the world of manners, is vanishing. "Now," says Givenchy, "when a woman makes an effort to look lovely when she entertains, it's difficult for her. Some of her guests will come wearing trousers with a blouse or sweater. So the question becomes, 'I want to entertain, but what will I wear?'" What indeed, when her friends don't recognize a masterpiece when they...
...Little Creatures'" premise is simple: A father driving his (nameless, genderless) child cross-country to visit his grandfather, "the golf wino." Along the way, he tries to make up stories about cute little animals with cute little names to entertain the child. (Coupland even includes illustrations...