Word: rabid
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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True, in 1977, the sheer originality of Star Wars was astonishing. But by 1999, we'll have seen it all--a sinking Titanic, revived T-rexes, rabid aliens, etc. Why should the new Star Wars impress...
...group of inmates soon takes command of the wards, raping the women and killing anyone who disobeys them. Excrement, garbage, blood and corpses slowly fill the hospital as, with horror, the inmates feel themselves sinking further and further away from humanity, helplessly approaching the degradation and raw violence of rabid animals. "Perhaps humanity will cease to live without eyes," an inmate claims, "but then it will cease to be humanity, the result is obvious, which of us think of ourselves as being as human as we believed ourselves to be before...
WASHINGTON: One of the banking industry's least favorite senators is due for a promotion. With Al D'Amato's departure from the Beltway, Phil Gramm is in line for chairman of the House Banking Committee, and in spite of being a rabid free-marketeer (actually, because of it) Gramm stands between America's big banks and their dreams of deregulation...
Polls have shown Murray ahead by as many as 13 points, but both camps say the gap has closed. And although Murray has more money, Smith's followers, whom she refers to as "Linda's army," are generally more rabid. Plus, she has a history of coming from behind. There's also the thorn-in-the-side-of-the-party factor, which in distant Washington State could work in her favor. Her D.C. colleagues can't stand her. "She's impossible to deal with. She's nuts. Totally bonkers," says a senior House Republican. That's probably because...
...Rabid baseball fans have been especially prominent these last few days. With Boston's star-crossed franchise, the Red Sox, making its periodic (and usually pathetic) foray into the postseason, Mass. natives and those who have adopted the BoSox during their tenure in Cambridge gather in the T.V. room at Loker. Those in classes letting out at one had just enough time to select their 5 items, swipe their card, grab their condiments and moist towelette, and dash to the television in time for the 1:07 p.m. first pitch. Had the line been any less efficient, fans might have...