Word: lande
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...progressive spirit of the academic environment of Harvard that promotes common historical soul-searching for the history of a land divided by Greeks, Turks and Armenians," said Mihalis Boutaris '98, who is from Greece...
...Only 4% of America's exports land in the more problematic Asian nations--Indonesia, Thailand, Malaysia and the Philippines--not nearly enough for troubles there to seriously cut into the earnings of U.S. companies, at least not directly. In fact, the Asian problems might not have even registered with American investors if not for the fact that stock prices in the U.S. are so high that they have become hypersensitive to any and all adverse news. "It doesn't take much to derail a market that has gone to the moon," says Stephen Roach, chief global economist for Morgan Stanley...
...smarmy Lord Mark (Alex Jennings) says, "He's boring" or "Her money is too new" or, late at night when he's drunk too much, "You'll do." His friend Maude (Charlotte Rampling) has a practiced irony in her smile; life has taught her to walk gracefully among land mines and, en route, to plant a few. The smile of journalist Merton Densher (Linus Roache) carries a soft ruefulness, something that understands failure. And in the smile of Maude's niece Kate Croy (Helena Bonham Carter), there is a sly gravity, a love of intrigue for revenge or profit. Kate...
VIEWS ABOUT LAND MINES...
Strangely, the sedate land of Canada is a hotbed of one of the most aggressive and violent "sports" out there. As Pete Winson, a Boston University student and friend of this reporter, so astutely notes, "[All] the best pro wrestlers come from Canada." This list includes Bret and Owen Hart, Chris Jericho, Jacques Rougeau, Phil LaFon and Chris Benoit...