Word: mentions
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...mention that this is a valentine...
There is no mention of Widener in the in the script and no rare-book collector in the dining room on board. Nevertheless, when at the beginning of the film the rusty safe is eagerly opened only to reveal a pile of soaked papers, I half-expected to see what was left of Widener's first edition of Bacon's Essays, the volume he is said to have returned to his cabin to fetch before the ship went under...
Byron Mclain '00 expressed his disappointment that Daley "didn't mention any specific policies...
...intersession break, the President addressed the country and declared the state of our union to be strong. To no less than 90 thunderous interruptions, President Clinton unleashed what the New York Times dubbed his midterm political manifesto. On the face of it, the whole evening--bipartisan applause, soundbites, no mention of the dangerous M. L.--seemed not much more than politesse, a perfectly orchestrated performance in which a scandal-torn government and a scandal-fixated media pretended that the state of the union was, indeed, sound...
After steadily losing altitude, not to mention money--$13 billion between 1990 and 1994--the airline industry has been getting whole and then some. Last year the airlines posted a record $5.2 billion profit, up from $3.9 billion in 1996, and industry watchers expect earnings to climb to $5.4 billion this year. Passenger loads, averaging 70%, are at their highest in five decades. Alas, profits seem to be inversely proportional to passenger comfort. How else can you explain jumbo jets equipped with the smallest of seats...