Word: parkes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...made it through the first part of the test with minor problems and gathered my strength for the woolly behemoth of the parallel park, a technique Rudy had neglected to teach me until the day before. Slowly I pulled up to the car in front, slowly I turned The wheel and began backing up and slowly, ever so slowly, I backed the car into the curb, coming to a halt with a gentle, yet firm thud. My test was over...
...drove home n silence, through three boroughs, over the bridge, through the tunnel, etc, etc. Rudy belatedly offered to teach me to park for free, but I turned him down. I was too exhausted to think about any more driving...
Decorated with blue balloons and gold moons and stars, the ballroom in the Boston Park Plaza Hotel struck me as grand and elegant, that is until I saw the frightening big hair, tight dresses, and overdone makeup. Luckily, these were only minor reminders of high school which I soon forgot, but a first-from Wigglesworth went as far to say, "Girls looked stupid and slutty...
...Antonio, the acknowledged capital of Tejano music, Selena's fans responded to news of her death by organizing two memorial services on Friday night. On San Antonio's South Side, a throng that included children and seniors converged on the parking lot of South Park Mall. As darkness fell, they waved candles, wept and swayed gently to Selena's recordings. A similar scene took place across town at Brackenridge Park. Meanwhile, thousands of callers jammed the lines at the state's 32 Tejano radio stations, most of which were alternating coverage of the shooting with Selena music "marathons...
Seagramreportedly is on the verge of paying about $6 billion to Matsushita for 80 percent of MCA, the Hollywood studio that produced "Jurassic Park" and "E.T." The Associated Press reports that a final deal is expected to be signed within days. But TIME business reporter Bernard Baumohl notes that MCA and Seagram still do not have any formal relationship and that Seagram is declining to comment on the reported sale. Seagram, the Canadian liquor, wine and juice company controlled by one of the world's richest families (the Bronfmans), is said to be financing a purchase of MCA with...