Word: mix
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...contrast to other booming Asian cities that teem with noise, dirt and crowds, Singapore is orderly, regimented, well-planned -- and rather boring. With low pollution, lush tropical greenery, a mix of modern skyscrapers and colonial-era buildings, the city resembles a clean and efficient theme park; even the subway stations are as spotless and shiny as Disney World. There are no traffic jams, even during rush hours. The multiracial population -- 78% Chinese, 14% Malay, 7% Indian -- uses English widely...
...Several vehicles attempting to cross the green line were stolen by marauding gunmen. Journalists and relief workers who ventured near the line were robbed and threatened by teenage gangsters brandishing automatic | weapons. "Whatever the two men say," observed an aide to Ali Mahdi, "the people of Mogadishu will not mix. There is too much hostility...
...From his bistro, Le Petit Poucet, Henry sees people pouring into Le Quick, a nearby fast-food outlet. "Their food is cheaper than ours," he admits. "But we have a role in society: to listen to people, to lift their spirits, to provide a place where all social classes mix and converse...
...YEAR COVERS OVER THE PAST TWO decades have been a fairly eclectic mix of both the sacred (Mother Teresa, the Virgin Mary) and the profane (Big Cars, Bart Simpson). Breaking news provided the selections in between. This year our cover is temporal . . . that is, scientific, but with God undeniably in the details. It is a rigorous examination of how science and religion are intersecting at the end of the century, how the achievements of modern science just might be reinforcing religious faith rather than undermining it. To pull off such a challenging assignment, we chose Robert Wright, a science writer...
...turmoil. Says Pannell: "The only thing you can do is pray daily: 'Give me the wisdom to make the right decision.' " He is nothing if not pragmatic, accepting the largesse of corporate donors and government alike (he receives both Head Start and Chapter I funds), and espousing a mix of George Bush's "thousand points of light" and Lyndon Johnson's "Great Society." To encourage the children, he has set up an elaborate system of rewards for excellence in every category, amassing a treasure of parchment certificates and glittering trophies, medals and pins he hands out amid much fanfare...