Word: goldener
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Happily, though, there is a flip side to this golden oldie. When not focused on the goings on of Allen's mythical Brooklyn family, Radio Days settles into a likeable send-up of the socialite radio personalities who dominated the airwaves of the '30s and '40s, much as The Purple Rose of Cairo parodied the make-believe movie idols of the same period...
...anger was that Japhet had been forced to step down last year when a government commission criticized his role in the 1983 crash of the value of Israeli bank stocks. As public indignation mounted last week, the bank's board of directors voted to suspend Japhet's "golden handshake." A review of the affair has begun, but few observers expect that Japhet will regain his benefit package...
...trend is to name teams for malevolent forces, such as the Blast, Sting, Blizzard and Blitz. Three team names celebrate disasters that destroyed much of their native locale: the Golden Bay Earthquakes, Chicago Fire and Atlanta (now Calgary) Flames. Such a breakthrough in reverse civic pride may yet induce other cities to celebrate their local disasters. Just think. The Boston Stranglers, the New York Muggers, the Washington Scams, the Los Angeles Smog...
...when I discovered the phantasmal bobsled journey through the mountain of rock and ice, on my first visit to the Magic Kingdom. My first trip to California at age 12 was a lot like my favorite ride--a blur of all things wondrous and exciting. After I left the Golden State, I vowed to move there as soon as I grew up. For the seven years since then, the state always conjured up visions of sun and surf, stucco and success...
Harvard has an even better reason to want to knock off Clarkson. Toward the end of last season, the Golden Knights served up two punishing defeats to a Harvard team which was gunning for the NCAAs, knocked Scott Fusco out with a separated shoulder, almost single-handedly spoiling the team's season in the process...