Word: rising
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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ROBERT REDFORD was chosen last year because his Sundance Film Festival has spearheaded the rise of independently produced films against the ever more formulaic product of the major studios. Each January at Sundance, filmmakers whose edge hasn't been worn smooth by Hollywood meet distributors willing to take a chance on chancy films. (One of those is '97 Influential Harvey Weinstein of Miramax.) This year's Oscars should have been called the Indie 500. Four of the five Best Picture nominees were independents. Two big winners, Fargo and Shine, were launched at Sundance...
...cannot tell that from the bustle of military activity at the Zahra Rajabi training base in southern Iraq, where volunteers get their basic training. Commander Mehdi Madadi says he has seen a 500% rise in new recruits in the past year. "We are seeing young people come across the border in groups of 15 and 20," he says. "They don't remember the Shah or know much about the People's Mujahedin. They just have no hope and no future...
...makes around Jupiter, it makes several passes by its large, slower-orbiting sister moons: Europa, Ganymede and Callisto. Every time Io does that, the gravitational tug of these nearby satellites gives it a twang. On Earth, the gravity of just one moon is sufficient to cause the oceans to rise and fall in great crashing tides. On Io, the gravitational influence of three nearby moons is enough to distort the shape of the world itself, causing it to pulse with a heartbeat-like lub-dub. This rhythmic motion churns up internal heat, which in turn stirs up moonwide volcanoes...
...Harvard had solid hitting; the top two, three, and four spots [Franzese, Abeles, and sophomore Terri Teller] were all strong," Beckman said. "Cupp had a nice rise ball...
Harshbarger says that he would not eliminate the current $900 million bond cap, a major part of the state's rise from near financial chaos...