Word: sail
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Chicago Bulls, villains have long got the best lines and had the most fun. The bad guys may be the good guys as Hollywood wagers on more than half-a-dozen summer movies with budgets of more than $80 million. Will director James Cameron's $200 million Titanic sail on time? Will Men in Black extend Will Smith's reign as the Fresh Prince of Independence Day weekend? As the race for big box office heats up, bad guys could emerge as movie MVPs--flamboyant, instantly recognizable characters who can make an impact in a short trailer or be miniaturized...
With Harvard up 7-2, Hogan had all the cushin he needed to sail through the next three innings against UCLA's lefty-dominated lineup. Hogan allowed no runs from the fourth inning through the eighth...
...software baron--who owes his success to a database-management program most Americans have never heard of--has taken full advantage of the fortune. For starters, Ellison could be a poster boy for Billionaire Chic. He drives expensive cars, loves beautiful women and jets off to exotic locations to sail his yacht. In Silicon Valley, where every day is casual Friday, the chairman of Oracle, based in San Mateo, Calif., dresses like the Prince of Wales. He shows up at industry functions in double-breasted suits, French cuffs and knuckle-size cuff links. He not only lives in a mansion...
...perhaps the year's most unlikely success. Primo, the chef (Tony Shalhoub), has the soul of an artist--watchful, uncompromising, mildly depressive. Secondo, the maitre d' (Stanley Tucci, who, with Campbell Scott, wrote and directed), is trying vainly to be an American entrepreneur. Stumbling toward bankruptcy, they also sail toward wisdom in this beautifully acted and utterly delicious comedy of--shall we say?--table manners...
...jumping-off point for colonization of outer space. It includes a novel solution to overcrowded prisons: sending convicts on missions to build interstellar infrastructure. But Amen still must contend with football-star-turned-Congressman Steve Largent before the 21st century's Nina, Pinta and Santa Maria can set sail...