Word: orderlies
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...central issues for me is how best to work to bring about change," she said. "Envisaging a new millenarian order involves identifying what is wrong with this world and imagining a better one. This is something that feminists and others working for a more just and social order think about all the time, and when feminists think about it, gender issues are often at the fore...
...numbers are read back to check for cheating, as everyone waits with baited breath, hoping that this string of luck is only a farce. Five crisp 20s are quickly distributed to the proud winner, and in true Bingo tradition, the money is laid out over the remaining cards in order to bring luck during the next set of games...
...razing the rainforest to grow coffee in full sun destroys the habitat for many migratory songbirds. Traditional shade-growing preserves the habitat for these birds. Not surprisingly, the Audubon Society sells shade-grown java beans called Cafe Audubon (say it with a French accent). Next time in Starbucks, order an "organic shade-grown skim latte." Do it for the birds...
Ultimately, Random House wins no matter what, because it can spin any reaction it gets in order to keep the novels in the spotlight and on the shelves. The company even offers certain deprecating comments on its Web site as evidence of all the controversy it has sparked. Though the New York Times says that "the streets will be littered with lists like this when the millennium comes, and when the millennium goes they will be swept into piles and forgotten," others put a more positive angle on the spats sparked by the list. Alain de Botton says, quite poetically...
...Frei knows Chile's leverage with Britain and Spain is limited, but he'll keep fighting for Pinochet's release in order to placate his own military -- a good idea, since the general's immunity was the military's precondition for ending its dictatorship...