Word: rolled
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Chechnya, a peace treaty with Russia has been signed, but skirmishes continue--the bloodshed has not ended with political accord. In Sergei Bodrov's film, "Prisoner of the Mountains," politics as usual leads to a horrific, numbing climax as absent-minded doctors send adolescents to war and tanks roll down hilly roads too beautiful for bloodshed. Based on the Leo Tolstoy short story, "Caucasian Captive," "Prisoner of the Mountains" brings the people, not the politics, of war to the dramatic forefront, capturing the paralysis and pain felt by families caught in the middle...
...phrase for a harp to pluck--this "Ruh" was more irritating than peaceful. Baer seemed uncomfortable with the music being made around him, yet the strength of his voice did not waver. Like most people, he probably regretted Gillman's decision to end the song with a drum roll...
...opponent is a woodenhead, and being booze-soaked is no bar to high office, since that is pretty much the permanent condition of most of the population. But Hannibalsson's administration has embittered Freeland's young people by severely limiting the amount of rock 'n' roll played on the national radio station. Opposition coalesces around this offense against social justice. A team of slick political consultants arrives from the U.S. to connive against the incumbent...
DIED. RICHARD BERRY, 61, singer and composer; in his sleep; in Los Angeles. He wrote Louie Louie, the raucous, unintelligible rock-'n'-roll anthem that inspired many risque versions and attracted the attention of the FBI, which launched a two-year investigation of the lyrics. In 1956 the Louisiana-born Berry sold rights to his works for $750 but finally regained royalties in 1986 of some $2 million...
...order was phoned in four days in advance, and it sounded like one that any ambitious pizza deliverer would jump at: 40 large pies to Paseo Academy in Kansas City, Missouri, for a midday party for honor-roll students. To the school's surprise, Pizza Hut, the biggest pizza purveyor in town--and in the country--turned it down, saying the area was unsafe. A local chain, Westport Pizza, was more than happy to fill the order. Says honors dance major Glenndalynn Frazier, 17: "I knew we were supposed to have Pizza Hut, but it didn't stop us from...