Word: flaps
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...civilian casualties during the air war, and when they occurred, "we had all agreed we wouldn't jump the gun and say things" before knowing for sure who was responsible, said the aide. Clark's gaffe handed Belgrade a propaganda windfall: a tragic accident that became a weeklong media flap over NATO credibility...
...Scholl's, has a massive stake in the market. With his baby powder scent Odor Destroyers sole inserts ($3.69), users can trim the one-size-fits-all slab of scented cushion to fit the bottom of any shoe. No lefty scissors handy? Realize that these pads might flip and flap away with flip-flops? Coat the inside of your shoe with the Doctor's Shoe Shot deodorant powder ($6.99), featuring a Toilet-Duckstyle neck and Zinoxol, "an advanced odor fighting ingredient." Or try the classic Original Foot Powder ($5.39), a hulking bottle that promises to neutralize foot odor if sprinkled...
...civilian casualties during the air war, and when they occurred, "we had all agreed we wouldn't jump the gun and say things" before knowing for sure who was responsible, said the aide. Clark's gaffe handed Belgrade a propaganda windfall: a tragic accident that became a weeklong media flap over NATO credibility...
...YORK: The papers of record didn't go home empty-handed at this year's Pulitzer prizes: The New York Times took home a pair, one for columnist Maureen Dowd's cranky Clinton-Lewinsky columns and another for Jeff Gerth's chronicling of the China satellite flap. The Wall Street Journal netted two as well, one for International Reporting (the Russian financial meltdown) and one for Feature Writing. And the Washington Post took home the Public Service award for "Deadly Force," about reckless gunplay by D.C. police officers. For photography, it was an historic but not-too-surprising sweep...
...editor said I could write about online privacy only if I promised not to rant again about how I think the whole issue is a big, stinking red herring. So I promise: I will not mention that the flap with Intel last week--whose upcoming Pentium III chips came under fire because they would automatically identify their owners to websites that asked--hardly raised my blood pressure. I like the idea that advertisers could use my chip to figure out who I am so that they could hit me with targeted ads; advertising is unavoidable, and the smarter...