Word: lanes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...when two men kiss, we see a shot of two movie-house couples, the guys gagging, the girls enthralled. Under Christopher Ashley's direction, Steven Weber is beguiling as a '90s Candide. He gets suave support from Patrick Stewart and a scene stolen from under him by Nathan Lane...
...through high school, falling just outside the top 20% of his class, which disqualified him for the training he wanted as a computer programmer. More striking are the descriptions of a likable youngster limned year after year in the handwritten evaluations of his teachers. Wrote a Mrs. Lane, who taught the fifth grade, for example: "Tim has been a pleasant, cooperative boy to work with this year. He was an active, contributing participant in all group activities--a real asset to this class. I'll miss...
...Lane Kirkland retires Tuesday as president of the AFL-CIO, leaving behind a 13.3 member-labor organization whose influence in Washington has been declining. In a reflection of that reduced clout, just last week three powerful unions within the AFL-CIO (representing autoworkers, steelworkers and machinists) announced the formation of a muscular new 2 million-memberunionof their...
...mission in the winter means a decision to withdraw must be made in the next month. But weather is only one of many prospective problems. All the armed factions -- Bosnian, Croat and Serb -- have attacked the peacekeepers in the past, and could assault the retreating troops. The two-lane roads thread through mountains, giving an edge to those seeking to frustrate the pullout. Masses of refugees, fearing slaughter once the U.N. forces leave, would also hamper an operation. "The Muslims know that once the pullout is over, genocide is just around the corner," a Pentagon official says. "Hundreds of thousands...
...glacier knocks in the cupboard, The desert sighs in the bed, And the crack in the tea- cup opens A lane to the land of the dead...