Word: pathe
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...couple of years ago, Oprah Winfrey took a look at the tawdry TV talk world that surrounded her and got disgusted. "There's no honor, no integrity in it," she said, as she set about putting her own show on a new path, ignoring sensationalism in favor of "positive" subject matter. Her No. 1 ratings took a dip, while the Ricki Lakes and Jerry Springers became, briefly, the rage. In the end, however, Winfrey proved once again to be a trendsetter. The sleazy talk phenomenon soon peaked: politicians complained, viewers grew bored, shows were canceled--and Winfrey...
...physicists now think they're finally on the right track with something known as superstring theory; young theorists are flocking to study its abstruse mathematics, convinced that therein lies the path to ultimate truth. And that's largely owing to Edward Witten, 44, a professor at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton...
...personality disorder that began when he was an adolescent and now makes him chronically depressed and paranoid. "This was a man who for quite a while was coming unglued," reports TIME's Lisa Towle. "As his actions and pleas for help went ignored, he set himself on a path of destruction. And Kreutzer's family accused the military of ignoring all the obvious signs of mental distress." But the prosecution argued that Kreutzer's threats toward fellow soldiers demonstrated that his actions were carefully planned and vengeful. Captain Paul Barden told jurors in closing arguments that Kreutzer had even selected...
...personality disorder that began when he was an adolescent and now makes him chronically depressed and paranoid. "This was a man who for quite a while was coming unglued," reports TIME's Lisa Towle. "As his actions and pleas for help went ignored, he set himself on a path of destruction. And Kreutzer's family accused the military of ignoring all the obvious signs of mental distress." But the prosecution argued that Kreutzer's threats toward fellow soldiers demonstrated that his actions were carefully planned and vengeful. Captain Paul Barden told jurors in closing arguments that Kreutzer had even selected...
...path that led to Carnegie Hall started off in the Vancouver suburb of Nainamo, British Columbia, where Krall was born 30 years ago. Canada might not be New Orleans, but its native jazz greats include Oscar Peterson and Gil Evans. Nevertheless, Krall sought her muse south of the border. While still in her teens she left home to study jazz piano at Boston's Berkelee school, then moved on to Los Angeles, where she befriended the great bassist Ray Brown, a veteran of Peterson's band. Brown taught her the Zen of swing--"You just feel it, " she says. "They...