Word: flips
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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This is the second time that Seton has flip-flopped about the proper forum to decide whether the term bill fee ought to be increased. Last year, he said it would be unfair for the council to pass such legislation unilaterally...
...show has not yet found that way. Even in her newly trimmed-down state, Lee is outrageous. But V.I.P. is swiftly paced, self-consciously flip, includes a cleverly cast celebrity cameo in each episode (Loni Anderson has appeared as Lee's mother) and, most important, contains one sexy scene and one action scene every 10 minutes...
...Flip the photo on its vertical axis--as if reflecting the image in a mirror. This is possibly one of the most dramatic changes possible, one reason why this technique is outlawed at newspapers and news magazines...
...something seems awry with the picture of big business as the underdog, there is. Chamber president Thomas J. Donahue, who paints himself as a flip-side Cesar Chavez launching a grassroots campaign, argues that office-seekers will buckle to the onslaught of labor PAC money unless business catches up. However, an assessment of the 1998 election cycle by the Center for Responsive Politics, a middle-of-the-road think tank, found that businesses outspent labor unions 11 to 1 in federal campaign contributions. This underdog is no Chihuahua...
There's a minor fashion craze catching on in Boston. It's nothing too expensive--just a $20 T-shirt, in fact. But you can't buy them in the store--they're only available at select locations on the sidewalks of Kenmore Square. Flip to the sports page right now. If the Boston Red Sox beat the New York Yankees in Game Five of the American League Championship Series last night, the shirts are still available. If not, well--wait until next year...