Word: flamed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...White House aides tried to squelch a Transportation Department warning to American travelers about lax safeguards against terrorism at the airport. White House aides feared such a warning would prompt a frosty reception for Hillary Clinton when she visited Athens in March to witness the lighting of the Olympic flame. Outraged FAA officials protested that travelers shouldn't be kept in the dark about the warning--which was required by law. Eventually White House lawyers decided the warning couldn't be skirted, so it was issued on March 21, a week before Mrs. Clinton's visit. The White House then...
...Flame once devastated the city. Shortly after midnight, flame filled Atlanta with unspeakable...
...Lately, the FDA has become a wet blanket that threatens to stifle the flame of biotech innovation," Weld said...
...prior runner approached Girotto, his propane torch was turned on so that his torch could pick up the other runner's flame...
...wheel of fortune was turning for the Olympic flame last week as both Pat Sajak and Vanna White took turns carrying the torch as it began its 15,000-mile journey from Los Angeles to Atlanta. Ten thousand other people have been chosen as well, including runners, ordinary folks and such celebrities as Olympians Janet Evans and Sugar Ray Leonard. (Though Gloria Estefan hasn't quite confirmed, Billy Ray Cyrus had to decline the opportunity, and Jeopardy's Alex Trebek won't turn up till the very end.) There will be no loneliness for these long-distance runners...