Word: instantly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...have initiated the rounding up of Croatian Serb refugees of draft age in Serbia. Though Milosevic denies it, since mid-June police in Serbia have been sweeping up military-age Serbs born in Bosnia and Croatia -- at least 3,000 by some estimates-and shipping them back for instant induction into Serb armies...
...dark sci-fi films; imagine Blade Runner inside a Tron video game. For another, the movie tries for the same combination of facetiousness and majesty that Batman Forever mined only two weeks before. Dredd, written by Michael De Luca, William Wisher and Steven de Souza, plays like an instant clone of the Gotham Gothic...
Having so dramatically fallen to earth, Scott O'Grady last week was thrown into the sun. The bright, hot rays of instant fame enveloped him: newspapers put him on their front pages and magazines on their covers; he appeared on all three network morning shows the very same day; and the Clinton Administration and the Air Force exploited his pluck and Gary Cooperish innocence, determined that he be asked no questions about the confused policy that had him flying over Bosnia in the first place. When properly combined, three volatile elements generate American celebrity: the media, the public...
...minor "to have any real effect in the real world." Still, there is little doubt that the foggy forgetfulness that envelops some women as they approach menopause is a direct result of low estrogen. The fog generally lifts on its own, but hormone therapy can bring an almost instant break in the clouds...
...catalog companies' success has not come at the expense of the nurseries, which can offer the impatient gardener much more instant gratification. This is not your corner garden shop anymore. The paths between the perennials are paved, so high heels will not plunge into the mud. There is Italian soda available at the door, and tarragon-turkey sandwiches on pita bread. "Today retailing is theater," says Don Riddle Jr., president of Homestead Gardens in Maryland, whose $10 million in revenues last year were up 21% from the year before. Homestead sold $60,000 worth of orchids last year alone, triple...