Word: pit
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...purple -- unless it's gold. There are pink acoustic-tile ceilings, pink slot machines, pink Louis XV chairs in the reception area. There is a pink motorcycle parked in the '50s diner called Rock and Rolls, and there are pink chandeliers in Scheherazade, the restaurant overlooking the baccarat pit. (The Scheherazade is conveniently located so that gamblers below can order whatever they fancy and then gulp down dinner without taking their eyes off the tables...
...reigned for the next 17 years, thus becoming the first celebrated Russian woman. When the Drevlianian prince proposed that she marry him, she asked him to send envoys to bring her to him by boat; she then had the envoys and their boat flung into a pit, where they were buried alive. She next asked that the Drevlianians send their leading men to provide an escort, then offered them a bath, locked them in the bathhouse and set it afire. Thus avenged, Olga became the first Slav ruler to convert to Christianity, and the Orthodox Church allied itself...
...last year's Whiskey Business to take a fairly central role in this year's show. His roller-skating duet with St. Clair--"I Got Hugh, Babe"--was fantastic, although I was a bit concerned that one or both of the actors would end up sprawled in the orchestra pit...
...concerts also may tend to run over any allotted budget, Battat said. "Concert promoters realize that they are dealing with amateurs. It's an absolute money pit. It's very easy for the concert to go way over budget: permits, security, artists, stipulations. Jimmy Cliff demanded special meals and hotelaccomodations. These things can't be forseen."Princeton held the same Cliff concert last yearfor $5,000 less than Harvard paid, Battat said...
Wallyball? A designer sport that resembles volleyball on a squash court, it brought to 23 the number of sports the President has indulged in since his Inauguration. Though Bush can still throw a ringer every sixth pitch on his South Lawn pit, his enthusiasm for horseshoes has been nudged aside by this new winter passion...