Word: medias
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...plows-into-the-downed-tree variety. People had to be rescued from rooftops and trees, and from waterlogged autos. Loyal owners photogenically carried their dogs to high ground. Trains didn?t run on time. But the forces of nature were nothing compared to the gale force of the media. This was a dress rehearsal for the apocalypse, and the stand-up men in their slickers and earpieces lasted far longer ? and shouted louder ? than Floyd ever...
...conference's panel discussions, featuring mostly women panelists, each focused on women in different fields: public service, academia, government, health and science, business and the media...
...there were doubt that it's a new era in women's tennis, the halter number Venus Williams wore at the U.S. Open dispelled it. The young ladies of tennis have been replaced by brassy girls with wicked strokes. The Williams sisters have created a media frenzy that hasn't been seen in American tennis since...well, since Chris Evert. Can the hair-beaded powerhouse stand up to the hair-ribboned champ...
NICKNAMED Cinderella in tennis shoes Ghetto Cinderella (by father) (by media...
...domestic self-absorption. But it's hard to say who could use it most: the casually amoral kids, who spend half the show delivering know-it-all voiceovers? The whiny parents? The sex-talkin' grandma? Actually, it may be the show's makers, who have piled on a media-studies dissertation's worth of trendy fourth-wall-breaking, belabored pop references and defensive, reflexive asides: "I know what you're thinking," goes one. "This is another one of those smart-ass shows where the kids talk to the audience." Oh, you don't know the half...