Word: odd
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...When TIME pursued the issue, the spokesman changed his answer. Lausanne, he said, was owned by the same investors who own Chaumet--a group led by Investcorp. This means Investcorp controlled the seller and the buyer and used that control to slash Chaumet's losses. While there is nothing odd about a jeweler's disposing of excess stock this way, Lausanne's ownership is not disclosed in Chaumet's publicly filed financial statements, which means anyone who read them would get a distorted impression of the company's performance. Investcorp insists its own clients were informed, but declines to provide...
...signed in an effort to reunite the game with the people. The 46,000 fans who were at Camden Yards on Sept. 6 aren't about to forget the fifth inning, when his 2,131st straight game became official and they made him jog around the park--an odd way to show their appreciation for someone's work ethic...
Adams House's dimly-lit tunnels with obscure wall scrawlings and odd murals may regularly spook visitors. But yesterday the tunnels were transformed into something truly out of the ordinary: a haunted house replete with green monsters, headless ghosts, cobwebs and body-shaking shrieks of fear...
...seasons; newer shows now hitting their stride, like Mad About You, The X-Files, Friends, NewsRadio and the wonderful Homicide, more vivid and biting than its more illustrious rival NYPD Blue. Among the season's new shows, American Gothic, Ned and Stacey and The Bonnie Hunt Show are all odd and worth watching before they get canceled...
...Buick Circus Hour was an odd combination of drama and variety show, featuring an actual circus troupe...