Word: omens
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...masked men, one armed with a submachine gun, the other with a pistol, burst in and began firing indiscriminately at the customers. Treanor was hit in the head and died before he could greet the new year--a new year that starts off with an ill omen for peace in Northern Ireland...
Techs on the Rocks After yesterday's bad omen from Oracle, NASDAQ was reeling again as tech stocks took another...
...that an omen? It indeed could be such, especially in light of the fire power that it possesses. Look no farther than the Engineer's first line. On one wing you have Matt Garver (44 points), who will be centered by Alain St. Hillaire (44 points). And don't forget the other wing, which is taken up by last year's ECAC leading scorer and All-American Eric Healey (56 points). In essence, RPI possessed what could be considered the nation's most potent line...
...developed around "Hallow E'en" (Hallow Evening), many deriving at least in part from the holiday's earlier pagan incarnation. It became traditional to eat nuts and apples; the nuts were especially important because young girls were encouraged to watch them as they roasted, interpreting their behavior as an omen of the faithfulness or inconstancy of their beloveds--if the nut cracked or jumped, one was thought to be in trouble. The relationship between this custom and the Celtic belief in the power of New Year prophesies seems clear enough. Other traditions of note included "bobbing for apples...
...Hard Boiled), has made his smartest, wildest, positively Woo-siest American thriller. Working from a vigorous script by Mike Werb and Michael Colleary, Woo weaves his familiar touches--the slo-mo, the gleaming candles, the long coats flying in the breeze, the doves flying in a chapel as an omen of death--around the central fantasy of male bonding gone berserk...