Word: scoped
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...says Nantucket Nectars benefits from a developed infrastructure that is national in scope--the juices have a wider distribution than Fresh Samantha and has an advertising campaign that emphasizes the company's local origins...
...then there's the Force. What is this Force exactly? Why is it "strong" and why does it force the hand of time and fate, allowing good to triumph in the end? We do know that it is something far beyond the limited scope of human ability. As Shmi Skywalker told her son, it lays a path before all of us, and it is our choice whether to take it. The Force demands we seek out and take up our vocation, with love and humility, with faith and loyalty...
...fecund is Andersen's satiric gift, and so broad his scope, that he almost incidentally sprays tiny rat-a-tat bullets at Alec Baldwin, Rupert Murdoch, Stephen Jay Gould, AIDS-awareness ribbons and the word lite. With a sweeter brand of malice, he takes direct (and hilarious) aim at Wall Street money-manager/pundit/provocateur (and TIME columnist) James J. Cramer, who is clearly the model for one of his more memorable characters...
...know. I'm not necessarily sure what the hype is, whether it concerns the grand scope of the film, the plot, the performances or what. It seems like the buzz on this one has presupposed a buzz--people just assume they're supposed to assume something. Meanwhile, the filmmakers have never made any indication that the latest installment in the Star Wars series is anything but an attempt to relive the exhilarating escapism of the first three films. But somehow, that label has been translated into "grand cinematic event." Guess again...
...father Tom, a geophysicist who had moved into the mortgage-services business, had just spent five days visiting the University of Arizona, where Dylan was to attend in the fall. His mother Sue, who worked in job placement for the disabled, was worried about him, but never glimpsed the scope of the problem. She thought getting him out of Columbine would do the trick, and Dylan seemed to agree. Just a few days before the shooting, Dylan told his friend Terra Oglesbee that he "couldn't wait to graduate." He was playing in his beloved fantasy baseball league until...