Word: rolled
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...They really used to roll up the sidewalks at 8 p.m.," Sullivan recalls. "In the middle of the 1960s, Harvard Square was really a college town. Stores served homeowners, housewives and college students...
...time the boy was born, in 1904, the empire was moribund, preyed upon by the very foreigners it despised. But the boy was remembered not just because he was a good student like his ancestor but because he liked to turn somersaults. He would roll out of his family compound, into footpaths and away into the countryside and then back home again, turning and turning and turning. And his life would be one of many somersaults: away from home, never to return, over the seas, into politics, into war, in and out of danger, in and out of power...
There's no telling when, of course. We might see Dow 8000, 9000 and 10,000 before the next sharp market decline--the dreaded bear market. Incredibly, the current blistering pace would roll the Dow past those milestones by year's end. How far is up? That question is relevant only to those able to spot the market's top and get out before the herd--which is to say it is relevant to no one because while some may get lucky, no such expert exists...
...pressure of more work for relatively less pay is telling. After her flight was delayed for 7 1/2 hours (five of which passengers were held on board), a publicist from Orlando, Florida, was particularly irritated by the hostile attitude of the crew. "When you travel, you have to roll with it," she says. "But they were miserable, so they were going to make everyone miserable." Mission accomplished...
That community, usually ignored by the big Hollywood players, is now the hot place to be. In last week's honor roll of Oscar nominations, four of the five finalists for Best Picture (The English Patient, Fargo, Secrets & Lies and Shine) were released by independent companies; only Jerry Maguire came from one of the seven major studios. Indie films did handsomely in all top categories: three of the slots for Best Actor, four for Best Director, all five for Best Actress. For once the Oscars looked less like the Tonys and more like the Obies. Off-Hollywood had beaten Hollywood...