Word: impressively
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...swiftly seated upon entering the restaurant, one can't help but feel somewhat self-satisfied having just passed the hungry, waiting mob outside the Border. Rosalita's glass roof creates the impression of dining under the stars. A live mariache band, (a great asset if you want to impress a date), the hot-pepper Christmas lights and the Corona-bottle salt and pepper shakers altogether transport you to a tastefully-done Mexican tourist trap...
...single mother tries to put her life back together after drug rehabilitation. The manager of a clothing store owned by the Mob is lured into a steroid-fencing scheme by an old friend. A high school basketball star is benched for a bad attitude, ruining his chance to impress a college scout. All the action takes place over a single weekend; there are crises and confrontations, small changes but no big conclusions...
...others, the motives are more unusual. "Security guards have placed foreign objects in products, such as a razor blade in a tomato, to impress supervisors with their vigilance," reports Dietz. "They're similar to the ) volunteer fireman who sets a fire and then discovers it." The strangest motive, though, may be the need to gain sympathy as a victim. "Just as some people induce signs of illness in themselves to enjoy the benefits of the patient's role, others fake tampering to enjoy the benefits -- emotional support, nurturing -- of the victim's role. Such people will also stage their...
...Revolutionary Intermediate That. She seeks the help of a professional letter writer, who promises to destroy the village chief by writing a "merciless" letter. (He tells Qiu Ju he's written six of these; two of the recipients were subsequently shot, he says, and four got life sentences.) To impress the officials, Qiu Ju gives them fruit and buys an ill-fitting striped jacket that unfortunately makes her look even more like a hick chick from the sticks. All to wipe that smirk off the village chief's face -- and to save hers...
...Wins don't impress me. The way Sparky manages impresses me. If he wasn't a great manager, he would have never gotten a shot at 2,000."--Tony Phillips, Tigers infielder...