Word: florida
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...early hopes and dreams but offers only the most cursory explanation of his failure to recall the year of his birth. In recent appearances, Hart has routinely made self-deprecating jokes about his age. Yet when a reporter brings up the age issue during a relaxed dinner at a Florida restaurant, Hart turns wintry and abrupt. Pronouncing each word slowly, frostily, he says, "People . . . just . . . don't . . . care...
...annually, allegedly smuggling up to 15 tons of cocaine monthly into the U.S. and Europe. Aware that underlings might try to rescue their billionaire boss, U.S. and Colombian officials hastily drew up papers to extradite Lehder to the U.S. Before the sun had set, he was en route to Florida, where he will stand trial on a 1981 indictment on charges of smuggling drugs and running a criminal enterprise, which could put him behind bars for life...
...Literally hundreds of schools have begun to adopt similar programs" to the one at USC, Gardner said. Pennsylvania State University, Florida State University, and Louisiana State University all offer similar programs, he said...
...June: nightclubs, country clubs, banquets, benefit afternoon performances in a local park -- name it, they play it. "I wanted the Glenn Miller sound," Stan was saying one recent Sunday night at O'Shea's, where he plays every Sunday night, "and it turned out it was perfect for southwest Florida, for the age group here. The sentiment. The nostalgia. We played the elegant Quail Creek Country Club in Naples last night. When we opened, the people jumped up, and they didn't stop dancing from 8 till midnight." That said, Stan slid into Don't Be That...
...hours more the people swung this starry Florida night, swung on through Never Should Have Told You, And the Angels Sing, Moonglow, These Foolish Things Remind Me of You. The band knocked off at the Cinderella hour, its leader a happy man. "I'm always hopped up after a job," he said. "I love it. I just love it. Do you remember White Castle hamburgers? They come frozen now. They come in a box. You pop them in the microwave and then eat them in the bed. Beautiful. They taste just like they did in the street." Given the hour...