Word: packed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...delayed shuttle Discovery lifted off at 6:23 p.m. EDT, with six NASA astronauts aboard. Among the highlights of the nine-day mission: the first untethered space walk in 10 years (using a $7 million, James Bond-style jet pack) and the first U.S. robot to fly in space...
...apparently unsure of potential GOP backing, promptly downgraded the alert to "thinking about it." Quayle's spokeswoman said he'd issue an official verdict after November's mid-term elections. BTW: A recent Harris poll of Republican and independent voters found Senate minority leader Bob Dole leads the undeclared pack with 17 percent support, followed by Quayle with 13 percent and former Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman Colin Powell with 12 percent...
...spot on Billboard magazine's Hot 100 more than 25% of the time. Not since George Martin has one producer so dominated the top of the chart for so long, and Martin had a single, unbeatable act: the Beatles. Foster, in contrast, seems able to lead the pack with almost any singer he picks. His streak began in late 1992 and '93 with Houston's I Will Always Love You, which was No. 1 for a record 14 weeks and earned Foster a Grammy as producer of the year for the second time in three years...
Picks: Our choice for the best action-packed, in-your-face film, was actually a tie. The competition was fierce with "True Lies" and "Speed" leading the pack. In "True Lies" Arnold is back, taking on a group of villians. Accompanying his is Jamie Lee Curtis and Tom Arnold, who has received much critical acclaim for his portrayal of Gib. "True Lies" is said by many to be the best action movie in years, if not ever...
...health- insurance plans whose premiums grow faster than an approved rate. The poor would get government help to pay for coverage, with the subsidies going first to poor children and pregnant women. Funding would come partly from a new tax on cigarettes of 45 cents a pack and through savings in Medicare and Medicaid...