Word: regain
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...that I could fly jets again and pursue those paths, I'd say, 'Hey, great! Cool!'" he told TIME. "But it's not going to bring my hand back or the use of my arm. So the trial doesn't matter all that much. I'm not going to regain what I've lost...
...tomorrow's Sony than America. Although American customers account for less than 30% of the company's worldwide sales, they define Sony's goals in entertainment technology. And American software largely determines whether those goals can be reached. So Idei's first order of business as president was to regain control of the company's U.S. operations, which he likened to a car in which he couldn't find the accelerator or the steering wheel...
...hotshot national news reporter who has been demoted to a backwater affiliate station in northern California after a mysterious incident involving celebrity anchor Kevin Hollander (Alan Alda, in a stonier version of the egomaniacal media mogul he played in Crimes and Misdemeanors). The worldly, ambitious Brackett is earger to regain his position at the network. So when he finds himself locked in a museum with unstable gunman Sam Baily (John Travolta at his raunchiest), a class of rowdy schoolchildren and a developing hostage situation, he's overjoyed to have found his ticket back to the big leagues...
...Boston area, they were eclipsed once by a horrible snowstorm and another time by Bad Religion. But they've happily returned after a long hiatus in support of their new album, Honey, I'm Homely, a less-than-glowing follow-up to the beaming Lockjaw. With the opportunity to regain some composure after stumbling through this latest release, the Dance Hall Crashers (DHC) have no choice but to come back with a comfortable, renewed vibrance...
...effort of an aging iconic group trying to come to grips with the electronic generation. Unlike bands such as the Rolling Stones whose never-say-die attitude leaves their recent albums and appearences besmirched with pity rather than popularity, Duran Duran seem to know that they will never again regain the over-whelming popularity of their "Hungry Like the Wolf" days, and perhaps, will never bring tears to the eyes of their female fans. But their electronica effort is valiant. As a foray into the new genre, Medazzaland winds up somewhat better than Depeche Mode's attempt, and falls slightly...