Word: erupted
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...additional 45 minutes pass, then shouts erupt. Necks crane toward a small, bright cloud that has formed in a virtually cloudless sky. Video cameras whir, and Polaroids spit out pictures. People whisper about the experience they have just shared. The announcer declares, "The Virgin Mary will now bless us." Arms extend portraits of Jesus, crucifixes and other % icons for blessing. Then Fowler steps onto the porch to relay Mary's words: "Pray and sacrifice, please...
None of the characters escape this familial upheaval because they sit, idle and frustrated, only to erupt at any sign of personal weakness in the others. It seems that every third line of the play begins with an apology for someone's biting, bitter outburst a line earlier. These scenes show volatile, yet sensitive, characters who have outlived their image of themselves. Years of family life have dulled them to each's hangups and worries about the rest of the group's behavior. For example, one brother's "worldly" advice turns out to be a jealous ploy to destroy...
BUSH ADMINISTRATION EXPERTS FEAR THAT A WIDER WAR could erupt at any time in the former Yugoslavia. But COLIN POWELL, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has forbidden his generals to prepare any U.S. contingency plans. Without the plans, he figures, there can be no U.S. involvement...
...advent of the 1990s saw more wonderful forms of dirty chortling, with the late-night game show "Sticky Moments" becoming a cult hit. Postmodern laughter and applause erupt as our unbelievably camp host mises onto stage in bondage gear. The leading contestants, having answered questions like "How long is this sausage?," win their prize by consuming as much ice-cream as possible in one minute. Their moment of stickiness climaxes with a tacky award of no value...
...crusader; neither a liberal nor a conservative. But I do think America needs preventative medicine. America has lived for decades without caring about the ghetto--why should it start? Because now the inner city has begun to grow at a phenomenal rate. It will soon erupt. More of your friends and families bloat the problem each day as they lose their jobs, use drugs and are sexually careless...