Word: fouled
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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POSH SPICE Fiance's dumb foul costs England World Cup game vs. Argies. Will she dump...
...Game 7, with about six minutes left, it appeared for a moment that the Bulls were going to lose: they seemed tired, Jordan palpably weary, bent over, hands on hips when others were shooting fouls, a telltale sign of fatigue with him. Then, in one of those remarkable demonstrations of willpower that have become the signature of his entire career, Jordan's will to excel helped energize his body, and he summoned just enough strength to continue to drive to the basket, get to the foul line, or draw a crowd and pass off to teammates for open shots. That...
...would think a company that makes its living carrying tourists to crystal-clear tropical waters would know better than to foul them. Apparently not. Royal Caribbean Cruises, the world's second largest cruise line, has pleaded guilty to federal charges that it pumped oil-contaminated bilge water into the ocean and tried to cover up its misdeeds for several years by lying to investigators and falsifying records. The company will pay a $9 million fine, $1 million of which is earmarked for conservation projects in Florida and Puerto Rico. It also promised not to do it again...
Even if kids don't watch certain television shows, they know the programs exist and are bedazzled by the forbidden. From schoolyard word of mouth, eight-year-old Jeff in Chicago has heard all about the foul-mouthed kids in the raunchily plotted South Park, and even though he has never seen the show, he can describe certain episodes in detail. (He is also familiar with the AIDS theme of the musical Rent because he's heard the CD over and over.) Argentina, 16, in Detroit, says, "TV makes sex look like this big game." Her friend Michael, 17, adds...
...fact, fewer than 5% of the chips embedded into things like elevators and medical devices are at risk for Y2K foul-ups, says Jim Duggan, research director for the Year 2000 program at the Gartner Group. That's still a lot of chips to be checked, but even many of the suspect ones are programmed with manual overrides or "soft-landing" outcomes where safety is an issue. (Nonetheless, the Gartner Group estimates that litigation costs over Y2K service and product failures, both real and imagined, could soar to $1 trillion or more.) Duggan's forecast for the impact...