Word: hollanders
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Suddenly the project took on a new urgency. The researchers concluded that the surge from a Category 4 storm would put John F. Kennedy International Airport under 20 ft. of water. Seawater would pour through the Holland and Brooklyn-Battery tunnels and into the city's subways throughout lower Manhattan. The flooding would be especially disastrous if people seeking to escape torrential rains and falling debris were to take shelter in subway stations. The report didn't estimate casualties, but observed that storms "that would present low to moderate hazards in other regions of the country could result in heavy...
...quotation "I know that there is a God, and I see a storm coming. If he has a place for me, I am ready," which you ascribed to John F. Kennedy [NOTEBOOK, Aug. 3], actually comes from J.G. Holland's Life of Lincoln, published in 1866. Holland claimed that Lincoln, expressing his determination to resist the spread of slavery, told an Illinois educator in the spring of 1860, "I know there is a God, and...I see the storm coming...If he has a place and work for me...I am ready." But William Herndon, Lincoln's law partner...
...cash in their estate before it actually exists, but few deals have been cut. That's about to change. David Pullman, the banker behind the Bowie deal, closed three more celebrity-bond deals in July. Altogether he raised $30 million for the Motown writing trio of Edward and Brian Holland and Lamont Dozier, whose hits include Stop! in the Name of Love and Baby I Need Your Loving. To date, Pullman's deals are the only ones of their kind, though Nomura Capital Entertainment recently arranged a $15 million loan for Rod Stewart that was secured by the star...
...want to consider what the Europeans are up to now. They've become convinced that overheating also plays a role in triggering crib death. Some parents in Holland, for example, don't even keep sheets on their baby's bed. Instead, they dress the infant in a one-piece "baby sack," which leaves plenty of room for the child to move around without fear of sweltering or suffocating. That may be going a bit far, but there's no denying that taking a few simple steps so that your baby will breathe more easily in his sleep can prevent...
...have met many people--Holland, Argentina,Brazil, Jamacia--all together for the Mondial[World Cup], enthuses Aleval. "All the people fromall over the world coming together for onething--football...