Word: flashed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Many Israelis were worrying almost as much about their country's behavior. Testimony has pointed to considerable official negligence. Security procedures were surprisingly lax at a shrine that has been a notorious flash point for tensions. Authorities did not take seriously the threat of settler mayhem, although warning signs were plentiful. And many were asking whether the security forces overreacted in the aftermath of the massacre. Before it is even completed, the inquiry is raising the specter of high-level resignations...
...Harvard debutantes profiled are any indication, coming-out parties are just like any other family event where your relatives want to take your picture. In their families, it was just another rite of passage that involved food, drink and relatives with popping flash bulbs, sort of like a bar mitzvah, only without the religious significance...
...autograph, will she flash that toothy smile, pick a rose, quote some poetry and offer me a home-cooked meal...
...that Farrakhan's aide, Khallid Muhammad, gave at Kean College in New Jersey. The story was newsworthy in large part because it came just as some mainstream black groups were attempting to form a constructive alliance with Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam. News of the speech loosed a flash flood of reportage and commentary on the subject, and at that time we began the kind of weeks-long investigation a cover story like this one requires. At the same time, we published an article on one telling aspect of the larger story: the fact that some black leaders were...
...Spielberg's masterstrokes is the manner in which he depicts Schindler's conversion from apolitical bon vivant to moral hero. The transformation does not occur with a sudden flash of light from the heavens; instead, it develops slowly and credibly as Schindler becomes increasingly aware of the Nazis's deeds...