Word: rolled
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...seal of the Republican Guard. Most had been held at a military barrack near Basra, squeezed in so tight that they were forced to take turns sleeping. For the first three days, they were given no food or water. From then on, they subsisted on a single rock-hard roll...
Indeed, observers say today's smooth and easygoing lobbyists must roll up their shirt sleeves and take a hardline approach. Given increasingly scarce funding and intensified competition for those dollars, Bok and other university presidents, they say, will have no other choice...
...weeks, veteran observers of Thai politics confidently predicted that a military coup was unlikely, despite escalating tensions between the army and the elected government of Prime Minister Chatichai Choonhavan. That seemed a reasonable judgment -- until the tanks began to roll. Just before noon last Saturday, the army staged an apparently bloodless coup. The military arrested the top leaders of the government, including the Prime Minister; imposed martial law; and suspended the 1978 constitution. The leader of the junta, General Sunthorn Kongsompong, 59, announced the takeover on state television and radio, proclaiming, "We are in control of everything...
...expansion. Passenger travel, which soared to record levels in the aftermath of deregulation, is paralyzed by corporate belt-tightening and fear of terrorism. So far this year, international traffic is down 40%. In the U.S. 2 of every 5 seats are flying empty. As the war and the recession roll on, carriers are lightening their loads by suspending unprofitable routes, flying remaining ones less often and cutting costs. Airlines have reduced new orders for aircraft as much as 50%; 44,000 airline workers worldwide, from machinists in Kansas City to flight attendants in Amsterdam, have lost their jobs since January...
...greatest flaw in the show is a product of the format. Seeing Tim Krochuk, Rouse, and Giering recreate "Bobby & Jackie & Jack," a song they sang together in last month's magnificent production of Merrily We Roll Along, reminds us that each of these songs was written for a specific moment in a specific play. Removing a song from its surroundings must weaken it, especially in a piece as dependent on the situation as "Pretty Women" from Sweeny Todd. Perhaps spoken introductions would restore some of the lost context...