Word: ironic
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Until a year or so ago, the estimated 1.8 million Kosovars responded to Belgrade's iron hand largely with passive resistance. Then a small militant group calling itself the Kosovo Liberation Army started killing Serb policemen and Kosovar collaborators. By the end of last year, they had carved out several no-go zones in the central region, pushing the Serb police into hasty retreat. Starting Feb. 28, Milosevic ordered a lethal sweep against the strongest of the rebel zones, killing more than 80 Kosovars, including 30 women, children and elderly...
...Bassett considers herself an expert in gym fads. She has taken orders from aerobic Step Nazis; she has pumped iron with the manly men. She ran like a rat on a treadmill and searched for Nirvana in yoga. Very little about her body changed over seven years, mostly because she seesawed from five-day-a-week workouts to none at all. Last November the Manhattan jewelry designer noticed a story about Pilates, a regimen based on stretching exercises. "I had no idea how to even pronounce it," says Bassett of her impulsive call to make an appointment...
...full that she had to take reservations and move to a bigger room. Still, she's skeptical about claims that the system is magical: "If that were the case, we'd close down our gyms and open Pilates studios." David Barton, Manhattan celebrity-gym owner and devoted pumper of iron, also offers Pilates classes, but he's a doubter too. All the talk of magically narrowing hips upsets him. "Find me the study that proves all this, and I will kiss that person's behind," he snorts...
...Series since it opened in 1923. Take advantage of the fact that the Bronx Bombers are on the road by doing the stadium's behind-the-scenes tour. Don't miss Monument Park in deep center field, where you'll find tributes to Yankee greats like Babe Ruth and "Iron Man" Lou Gehrig. You can see a game in the Big Apple, at Shea Stadium, home of the Mets, who have a three-game stand against Philadelphia July 16-18. Shea is where the 1969 Miracle Mets worked their magic, and is within a few line drives--and a trolley...
Kelly's monument still stands just outside the iron fence of Harvard Yard where Straus Hall ends. His face keeps watch on all those who pass--the students, tourists, shopkeepers, punks, and derelicts who rush to descend into the tunnels he helped to build, hopping onto the Red Line or just-muttering to themselves while wandering aimlessly, looking for a place to urinate. With the recent erection of the "Magnetic Poetry Wall," some may believe that the spirit of Harvard Square has reached its nadir, particularly if one is reading the latest attempt at actual verse or simply another adolescent...