Word: shake
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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URBAN DEVELOPMENT. The earthquake not only failed to shake but even reinforced Los Angeles' long-standing "golden towers" vision: that of an urban core of commercial skyscrapers surrounded by a redeveloped user-friendly downtown district. The so-called Downtown Strategic Plan has been under way for a dozen years at a cost so far of $7.5 billion. Its new buildings, dominated by the 73-story First Interstate Bank Tower, have been constructed with strong earthquakes in mind. Fire officials last week privately informed civilian volunteers that if the Big One hit near downtown, the new buildings ought to remain standing...
Lately, of course, this playful disdain for California has been tempered by sympathy. Mother Nature has dealt the state a series of blows, and Americans who always looked with contempt on the flaky, arrogant attitude of Californians have paused to shake their heads slowly and feel sorry for the "spaceheads" out West...
Though the West can hardly expect to call the shots for Russia's policies, the Cabinet shake-up was still an embarrassing turn of events for Clinton. During his days in Moscow, the U.S. President had praised Yeltsin for his dedication to reform. Last week a pensive Clinton predicted that Yeltsin would survive. "He's a very tough guy," Clinton said. "He's on the right side of history...
...seven years after the climax. His ultimate film would be the life story of everyone on this planet -- painful emotional reality, but with great jokes. As a writer and a guy, he can imagine nothing worse than abandonment. "Until recently," he observes, "just saying that word made my legs shake. And even now they're not so steady...
...where she sleeps at night, and where the girls dutifully pull up a table at meal times. Meanwhile, the house, which Mr. Grape built and died in, has rotted to the point where it can no longer bear Momma's weight; the floorboards begin to groan and shake under her occasional heavy footsteps...