Word: omar
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...long descent from nebulous fairytale fears, we arrive at the point of fear of oneself, of terror about what, just possibly and terribly, one could become. And so the mirror lies in wait for all of us. To end in a whirl of pretence, Omar Khayyam foresaw it: "I sent my Soul through the Invisible, Some letter of that After-life to spell: And by and by my Soul returned to me, And answered 'I Myself am Heav'n and Hell...
...heard it was a tradition," said Omar S.Antari '96. "I'd like to see what it's like. Ihope they don't cancel...
...near Alaska's Andreanof Islands and another rocked Kyrgyzstan in the . former Soviet Union. Two weeks ago, Hurricane Andrew hit the Bahamas, then ripped through Florida and Louisiana. Last week the chain of disasters continued. Tropical Storm Polly drenched eastern China and killed at least 150 people. Typhoon Omar, which had earlier raked Guam, headed for the Philippines. In Afghanistan flash floods swept through the valleys of the Hindu Kush, leaving hundreds dead or missing...
...continent-cracking convulsions tend to space themselves out over generations. Biblical floods are rare, like killer tidal waves, volcanic eruptions and the other cyclical calls to humility in the face of nature's destructive power. But last week it somehow seemed that the clock was running fast: Typhoon Omar menaced Guam, a tornado attacked Wisconsin, fires burned out of control in California, a four- story tidal wave in Nicaragua dissolved whole neighborhoods, and the residents of South Florida spent Week Two picking up the pieces of their damaged homes and disrupted lives...
...were flying in their honor. Nonetheless, the Cuban baseball team went out and polished the diamond till it sparkled, showing off all the sports-for-sports'- sake swagger of a team that has won 63 of 64 international games in recent years. All but unknown prodigies with names like Omar and Orestes and Lourdes gave a master class not only in the fundamentals but also in the finer points of flamboyance -- bunting one-handed, stretching singles into triples, chiseling the plate like jewelers. According to many Americans, at least seven of them could command multimillion-dollar salaries...