Word: reigns
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...deemed essential to his power. Then it was Kuwait. Now in the first weeks of February 1998, the stakes are weapons of mass destruction, but the game is distinctly the same. And the question is whether the result will be the same: vast destruction in Iraq but the continued reign of Saddam...
...says is historically unique, has been responsible for bringing up to date what many perceived as a stodgy puzzle. He began adding in clues from television (He's from Ork) and pop culture (Singer Sonny____) with the more traditional references to the Apostles and the dates of Nero's reign. Shortz explains his perspective on the crossword's evolution: "In the early days, puzzles were just words in a grid, definitions were basically out of a dictionary--bookish sounding. Today's puzzles usually have themes, generally the long answers make a connection." With reference to the injection of modernity...
...highly public reign, not limited to words and gestures. Whether preaching from the throne of St. Peter or from some makeshift altar in one of the 116 countries he has visited, John Paul II can have a powerful, concrete impact not only on the conduct of millions of Catholics but also on the unfolding of world events. In his moral vigor, he too is a revolutionary force...
That won't be any time soon. With millions of victims and hardly any confessed perpetrators, road recklessness has become the car-related sickness du jour, deposing (for the moment) drunk driving from its long-standing reign. Like drunk driving, the issue has energized America's vast machinery of social concern. The Federal Government is spending money on research, Congress has held hearings, law-enforcement authorities have held seminars and developed special enforcement programs, and psychologists are treating it as a genuine, stand-alone disorder. There are Websites devoted to the topic, including one--the Database of Unsafe Driving--that...
...Catamounts' offensive firepower had been all but non-existent before the new year began. A 1.93 goals-per-game average would never have been heard of in Burlington during the reign of the French Connection, the now-graduated duo of Martin St. Louis and Eric Perrin...