Word: leans
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...rioting alone won't topple Suharto. But it's making the military nervous. And the military doesn't like being nervous. "The army is really starting to lean on Suharto to step aside into a figurehead position," says TIME correspondent Terry McCarthy, reporting from Jakarta. "It could happen soon...
...album by the Los Angeles-based group Hepcat, is so refreshing: it returns the sound of ska to the warm Caribbean harbor of its origin. This isn't music for slam dancing; instead, Right on Time features songs for romance. The tracks on this album have the lean, classic lines of old Motown records: the vocals are clean and pure and the melodies linger like a goodnight kiss on a first date...
...flight of more than 16,000 Hebrews from Egypt and the spectacular 4-min. parting of the Red Sea--a sequence that is taking an estimated 300,000 man- and computer-hours to complete. The overall visual style is inspired by the epic filmmaking of director David Lean (Lawrence of Arabia), the ethereal biblical illustrations of 19th century French artist Gustave Dore and the paintings of Impressionist Claude Monet, which use contrasting strokes of color to create a sense of light and space. "We want the audience to respond to our film the way we respond to fine...
...helps if you invest in stocks and have 10 years before you'll need the money. If that's you, convert this year while the taxman is running a Roth special: you get to spread the tax liability over four years. But if you're near retirement and lean toward bonds or CDs, converting may be a bad idea. Analysis by accountants Grant Thornton shows that a couple in the 28% tax bracket ('98 income between $42,350 and $102,300) will need 22 years to come out ahead, assuming some state tax, a 15% federal-tax bracket in retirement...
...survey displayed, opinions lean towards the "hook-up" as a more serious run-in. A belligerent P. Randy Seybold '01 demands that "making out means kissing. Period." Jimmy J. Meeks '01 enforces the more sexual meaning of "to hook up," saying that "hooking up definitely implies a horizontal position." And in addition to the general perception of "making out" as a lesser act, there is a certain stigma connecting the expression to the late 1950s and drive-ins, or as Sam T. Mouton '01 angrily declares, "Making out is so Junior High." Allison C. Connolly '01 agrees that...