Word: paraphernalia
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Angeles Dodgers, and the Baltimore Orioles, could only be hurt by a cap. These teams generate millions of dollars each year through lucrative television deals with their local cable companies, and they have a large fan base which helps their season ticket sales and the marketability of their paraphernalia. Thus, they can build championship-caliber ball clubs by outbidding small-market teams for premier players. All four teams in the league championship series this year ranked among baseball's top five payrolls...
Fans of Mr. Bean's TV persona are bound to be dismayed by his disappointing foray into cinema. With his trademark goofy physical antics and rubber-like face, Rowan Atkinson almost--but doesn't quite--save this movie from its dumb comedy paraphernalia...
...food at the Hard Rock Cafe is not much healthier, but the atmosphere is reason enough to make the trip to 131 Clarendon (next to Copley Place and the Back Bay T-stop on the Orange Line). This self-proclaimed "Massachusetts Institute of Rock" has walls covered with rock paraphernalia, including photos, costumes, instruments and even sketches from Jim Morrison's high school notebooks...
McGuinness said Sinn Fein demands the release of prisoners, the demilitarization of Northern Ireland and the removal of the "paraphernalia" of war from the region. He said Sinn Fein will not compromise on these issues...
...untitled work, the artists present a "trompe l'oeil" installation of workers' paraphernalia, recently abandoned for a coffee break. Rollers, paint buckets, empty cups and cigarettes inconspicuously occupy a seemingly unfinished corner of the exhibition. Yet on further examination we realize this is the exhibition and that the scattered objects are all carefully-crafted replicas of tools and trash. Any other artists couldn't get away with such preciousness, but we can't help but admire and buy into Fischli and Weiss' jokey yet obsessive conviction. Their installation of a museum installation turns a common '80s critique of display mechanics...