Word: flew
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...still needed another spark. So she flew to Jamaica. Hill is engaged to Rohan Marley, the son of reggae superstar Bob Marley and the father of her two children, one-year-old Zion and three-month-old Selah. ("We haven't been in front of a minister yet, but we will be soon," says Hill. "Our marriage right now is more a spiritual one.") As part of the extended Marley clan, she was allowed to record in the studio in the Bob Marley Museum. She says she could feel Marley's spirit as soon as she arrived. The first...
...flew east, Buckwheat filled me in. "STUPID ideas have been on a tear since the Oakland school board declared that Ebonics was an official language," he began. "Then a few months ago, some black militants in New York City scared a young white teacher out of her job for using a wonderful book called Nappy Hair to teach kids that black is beautiful...
AMMAN, Jordan: Palace intrigue worthy of Shakespeare has rendered the Mideast's most stable country something of a wild card. Jordan's King Hussein on Monday removed his brother Hassan as his successor to the throne; named his 37-year-old son Abdullah as crown prince; and then immediately flew back to the U.S. for further cancer treatment. "Jordan suddenly has an acting head of state who wasn't even in contention for the crown a week ago, and this creates a measure of uncertainty," says TIME Middle East bureau chief Scott MacLeod. "Not that there's any reason...
...last. Two cities had asked for the '84 Games, but in 1985 a dozen came begging for the '92 Winter Games, and six vied for the summer events. What they were willing to do, and what it all might lead to, was evident from the get-go. Brisbane flew lobsters, kiwi fruit and its mayor from Australia to East Berlin for a 1985 I.O.C. meeting, then hired a hotel staff from across the Wall to cater. The lunch tab was $1.9 million. Sofia's bidders, who had put out a meager $50,000 buffet, trudged glumly back to Bulgaria...
...abortion as the preferred form of birth control. Perhaps because of this, book sales have been brisk and the publisher is talking about a second printing. Zhirinovsky announced last week that he'll soon run for governor of a Russian region--which one remains to be announced. Then he flew off to Libya, his fifth visit to pal Muammar Gaddafi in the past year...