Word: repeatable
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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With every kind of threat, the stakes are higher than ever before. A repeat of Tokyo's devastating 1923 earthquake today might cause worldwide economic stagnation as rebuilding the city soaked up hundreds of billions of dollars of Japanese capital. If global warming causes a sharp rise in sea levels during the next century, as many scientists predict, the coastal megacities may have to build giant dikes to prevent disastrous flooding, but only a few urban areas can afford such an undertaking...
...Booth Gardner and state lawmakers to pass what became a uniquely tough law. It requires that convicted sex offenders register with police wherever they move; that authorities must let the community know about the felon in their midst; and, most controversial, that the state be allowed to lock up repeat offenders after they have served their sentences if they are thought to still pose a threat. Such pre-emptive imprisonment, which civil libertarians say is grossly unconstitutional, is being challenged in court...
...Ralph Lauren. Lauren brilliantly created a multibillion-dollar kingdom by exploiting middle-class Americans' yearning for a patrician past they never had. As his empire grew, his vision stayed focused. No one admires the Polo king's achievement more than Karan, whose great ambition seems to be to repeat his success...
Carey concedes that the Genoese selection was a mistake -- one that he is unlikely to repeat, he says, thanks to an "ethical review committee" he launched last month. The committee will operate separately from the review board, and an outside firm will handle much of its work, including union background checks. The independent contractor will be Decision Strategies, a firm run by Bart Schwartz, a former Assistant U.S. Attorney who Carey says has an "untouchable" reputation. "((Schwartz)) is now the investigative arm of the Teamsters," boasts Carey...
...answer for UMass may be to call on the basketball gods and let them repeat some of their magic. Last year Harvard came into its game with UMass clearly the better team, but only squeaked out a 55-51 victory...