Word: ringe
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...denying a rumor, reported on CNBC, that it was about to announce a massive buyback. In fact, it has one already, but why knock a specious but positive report? In the closing hour I locked in profits from the morning that normally take me three to four quarters to ring up. The rest of the week traders staggered in and out of stocks madly until Friday, when trading seemed to just stop out of sheer exhaustion...
Although the novel Catch-22 was written decades ago, many of its sublime messages still ring true. Although a world war may not be going on, corruption in the military and the government runs so rampant today that audiences may find the story both funnier and sadder as a result. The irony in Heller's jokes becomes even more bitter, and the pain found in the show's few tragic scenes cuts even deeper. As an independent piece, the play Catch-22 is indeed humorous and intriguing. But as a commentary on the modern-day world, it becomes a scathingly...
Right from the beginning of its first track, Yeah, It's That Easy frustrates the G. Love fan who has been acclimated to the loose, raw groove of his earlier work. Listen to the intro of the first single, "Stepping Stones": acoustic guitar chords ring out (good), followed by spacey-sounding slide (not so good), then the upright bass enters the picture (very good), followed by background singers crooning "na na" (what the...?). The rest of the album is maddeningly uneven in the same way. Catchy, funky numbers are buffered by colorless, inarticulate rants. Promising compositions are deprived of vitality...
...have time to put events into perspective." Gavras makes an excellent point. Mad City could also have profited from a little perspective. Its creators failed to notice that they themselves had crossed a line--the one that separates shrewd commentary from polemic."Photos courtesy of Warner Bros,TWO RING CIRCUS: DUSTIN HOFFMAN (left), shines as a hard-boiled reporter who exploits the story of a simple-minded janitor's (JOHN TRAVOLTA, below) revolt against society...
...kidney disorder, had begun dialysis treatment and learned that he would eventually need a kidney transplant. Zauhar was eager to donate one of her kidneys, but doctors determined she was not a medical match. By December 1994, after McNutt had presented Zauhar with a 3 1/2-carat, $21,500 engagement ring, Dahl stepped forward as a willing and suitable donor with a gentleman's understanding, Dahl says, that McNutt would buy him a life-insurance policy, give him money to compensate for the pay he'd lose while recovering from surgery and--most important and perhaps most unrealistically of all--promise...