Word: shells
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Bears pull off the unbelievable, taking a 6-5 win at Bright. Harvard, needless to say, is shell shocked by the loss...
...sounds like a great deal, right? Sure, but we've always gotten more than enough Olympics coverage to last us four years, and we've always gotten it for free. Not even the grandparents of the competitors are going to shell out that kind of money to watch the maintenance crews set up the uneven bars...
...Bank liquidators, acting on behalf of the moribund Bank of Credit & Commerce International, marched into a crowded Manhattan courtroom last Friday and settled, in one unexpected swoop, all U.S. criminal charges outstanding against B.C.C.I. as a corporation. The bank, which in the U.S. is now essentially just a hollow shell, pleaded guilty to federal and state charges of racketeering, fraud and money laundering. The liquidators agreed to surrender virtually every penny of B.C.C.I.'s assets in the U.S., a total of $550 million, which represents the largest criminal forfeiture in history...
...anybody had taken the time and trouble to read and take notice of our report, they would have seen that what has been happening recently was happening 20 years ago." The final collapse of his empire suggests that Maxwell was less a media mogul than a master of a shell game...
Rose plays Eleanor of Aquitaine, one of history's most intriguing characters, enigmatically. At first, her caustic shell seems so impenetrable that the audience almost believes that she is happy, but gradually her misery becomes clear. The audience believes her when, in defeat, she begs, "Can't we love one another just a little? That's how peace begins." Yet, as soon as she sees a chance to gain the upper hand, she rallies to the battle, saying, "We haven't lost...