Word: familiar
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...spite of his musical experience, Hicks admitted he was not familiar with the original version...
...spite of his musical experience, Hicksadmitted he was not familiar with the originalversion...
...most familiar organized debate topics is "Should Congress have the power to outlaw physical desecration of the flag?" It was the first question I debated in sixth grade, and remains a presence in almost every tournament at the high school and college level. However, unlike abortion and marijuana legalization, which still provoke heated discussion, the omnipresence of the flag desecration topic provokes stupefied boredom. So I'm assuming most Harvard students, like me, cringe just a little when flag desecration becomes an issue again. This time, however, the chance that it might actually have some real application to our lives...
Revenge dramas are as old as Medea (she tore her sons to pieces), as hallowed as Hamlet (seven murders), as familiar as The Godfather. High drama is about the conflict between shades of good and evil, often within the same person. But it's easier to dream up a scenario of slavering evil and imperishable good. This is the moral and commercial equation of melodrama: the greater the outrage suffered, the greater the justification for revenge. You grind me down at first; I grind you up at last. This time it's personal...
...Street where things like dividends and profits are revered--finally, the curmudgeons could crow about reality setting in. EBay, selling at 8,000 times earnings, had been exposed; Net mania was over. By week's end, though, those who would deflate the bull market in profitless companies got a familiar lesson: bubbles die hard, and this one still...