Word: flips
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...first of three full days of eclectic rock music was still 24 hours away, but yesterday on the sun-drenched grounds of a 700-acre farm in Manchester, Tennessee, the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival was already getting raves. As throngs of t-shirt and flip-flop clad youngsters listened to up-and-coming bands in tents whimsically labeled "This," "That," "What" and "Which," revelers cooled off in a giant mushroom water fountain, watched movies and comedy acts, or gaped at giant smoke rings wafting across the limpid evening sky. Meanwhile, on a wide expanse of lawn studded with giant...
When people see his movie, they are also taking a new look at Gore himself. They are proving far more receptive than the audiences of his Senate days, when he would drag his global-warming flip charts to Washington dinner parties. Then again, there could hardly be a better backdrop than record gas prices and the onset of hurricane season if you are trying to draw attention to the issues of energy and the environment. Also working in Gore's favor is a political climate change, as the man who defeated him for the presidency in 2000 is currently suffering...
...flip side of this sad thought is one of our happiest, however. It's the reason why older doctors (when they're not thinking about HMO's) are generally a stable and contented bunch. Most of the time, most of our bodies work pretty well. Without a superconducting, supercooled magnet, without medical education, without any thought on our part, we battle and defeat disease and injury every second. Do you know how many things out there can kill you? Yet here you are reading. Something very, very powerful must be keeping you here. The machines we have to analyze...
...brilliant surgeon has finally allowed him to break away from playing so many stereotypical thug roles. "Her characterizations are definitely her strong suit," says ABC Entertainment chief Stephen McPherson, "and characters are what drive great television." As for race, the show never approaches it head on, except sometimes to flip expectations on their head. Three of the top doctors are black, and the character who had the toughest childhood is white...
...following year, the FCC reversed this ruling and condemned Bono’s speech as indecent and profane, but issued no fine to the network. The FCC’s flip-flop was almost certainly attributable to Justin Timberlake and Janet Jackson’s unforgettable half-time show performance during the 2004 Super Bowl...