Word: roundness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...atmosphere of the country is a brave new world compared with the one I grew up in. The murder in Jasper, Texas, of a black man who was dragged to his death by three white subhumans: 40 years ago, that town of 8,000--30% black--would have rallied round the subhumans. Today the mayor declared that the established bond between black and white would hold. And the dead man's family told opportunist politicians that he was not a national symbol...
...Pittsburgh, Pa., a wild-haired doctor finishes a round of surgeries before noon, gets into a Mercedes and then motors an hour north to help his 73-year-old father mix chemicals and explosives in the fireworks capital of the world...
...gives him a look. He's terrifically proud of his son the big-shot doctor--and of his four daughters, one of whom is a dentist and three of whom work for him, along with 60 other year-round employees. But there is always something in his eye that says this medicine thing is no life for a guy. Not a guy who could be in fireworks. This is art. This is science. This is family. "You know," he says in monotone seriousness, and Junior is rolling his eyes before the old man completes the sentence, "it actually takes longer...
...presidency and loath to impose new taxes on Russians who already wait months for their paychecks, can?t be counted on to hurry on their president?s behalf. Meanwhile, Yeltsin, who has been courting French and German leaders for additional financial assistance, is facing a new and potentially crushing round of bond payments that are coming due in July. As Russia?s Central Bank spends mightily to support the ruble and court foreign investors, Yeltsin?s best argument with the IMF may be his country's sincere desperation...
BILL GATES Round 1 to the technogeek; Justice-crats can't bury web browser on Windows...