Word: flare
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Some festival boosters are worried that racial tensions ignited by the debate could flare into attacks on the 30,000 participants who ride the lavishly designed floats amid crowds of onlookers. Some wives pressured their husbands not to ride the floats. "There's an ugly spirit; people are angry," said councilwoman Peggy Wilson. "People on the floats feel like they're going ) to be sitting ducks...
...Olympics they will be on thin ice once again. Last month the Duchesnays withdrew from the European championships after Paul suffered a flare-up of an old groin injury. The default neither jeopardized the Duchesnays' berth on the French team nor presaged a no-show in Albertville -- "We will be there if we have to crawl," Isabelle assures. But it cost them a valuable opportunity to preview their new long program, an intricate dance choreographed by Dean and set to music from West Side Story. A routine that relies on such familiar strains is unlikely to meet with the resistance...
...latest flare-up was the last thing George Bush needed in an election year. While the economy is still expected to be the key factor in November, the abortion issue could play a pivotal role in a close contest. Especially worrisome to White House chief of staff Samuel Skinner and pollster Robert Teeter are recent surveys showing that suburban women are willing to bolt the G.O.P. in droves if abortion rights are lost. And that's precisely what could happen when the court rules on Casey v. Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania this term...
...power struggle, Georgia moved only last week to join the new Commonwealth. Yeltsin told Gamsakhurdia that his country will not be admitted until it restores peace and respect for human rights. Though the West was concerned that such violence could become the norm in other former Soviet republics, recent flare-ups have been limited to ethnically divided Moldavia and the Caucasian states of Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan. Most of the population, says Russian sociologist Yuri Levada, has proved -- for now, at least -- to be "more democratic, more restrained and more peaceful than many expected...
...What a majestic sight," he said to himself as he counted the vessels lined up in Battleship Row in the dawn's early light. He pulled the trigger on his flare gun. That was supposed to signal the slow-moving torpedo bombers to take advantage of the surprise and strike first. But Fuchida's fighter pilots missed his signal to provide cover, so he fired again for the dive bombers to begin, and then the Japanese all attacked at once. Even when they made mistakes, it seemed that nothing could go wrong...