Word: pinking
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Australia's Qintex, but the deal collapsed when the buyer could not complete the financing. Talks with several other bidders have since fizzled. Last week Los Angeles-based Pathe Communications said it will pay $1.2 billion for the venerable studio, whose 1,000-film library includes James Bond, the Pink Panther and West Side Story. "A great day for Europe!" said Giancarlo Parretti, the Italian investor who controls Pathe, of the agreement. But some film industry veterans were skeptical...
...Weld's nomination speech boomed across the vast convention hall, an anti-abortion delegate jogged down the middle aisle with a tiny infant in pink pajamas upraised in his arms...
...players were a contrast in style and appearance, as well as age. Engel hit his balls with heavy topspin, while Nastase hit his shots flat. Engel had a pink handgrip with white head tape, while Nastase used a plain racquet. And it was Engel who did most of the running around, diving and lunging for Nastase's well-placed shots...
There is one of Roscoe Turner's sleek racers in the shop. Turner was a hero to Depression-ridden boys. He flew in pink jodhpurs, gleaming calvary boots, brass-button tunic, and sported a needle-pointed waxed mustache. He carried a bottle of Carbona cleaner with him to hold grease spots on his rakish costume to a minimum. You got to see him at Sioux City, Iowa, on a scorched tarmac in the drought years, and the thrill lasted the whole dismal summer. Turner brought along his pet lion cub Gilmore, which draped its paws over the side...
These embellishments were just plain boring after the initial oohs and ahs. and they tended to take away from otherwise good numbers (for example, the white glove fiasco in the midst of "I'm Getting Married"). Also, I really can't think of anything more heinous than day-glo pink and yellow Can-Can outfits that turn bright orange under the strange glow of the black lights...