Word: sirens
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...from the eight required elements can mean instant elimination. Nicole Bobek, 20, was out in under a minute: she hit the ice during her first triple Lutz and never recovered, taking with her the talk of a red-white-and-blue sweep. The world offered up its best--Russian siren Maria Butyrskaya, China's comeback kid Chen Lu and French wonder woman Surya Bonaly--but one competitor, Elena Sokolova, voiced what everyone knew: "It's really between Tara and Michelle...
...nothing resembling peace awaited her there. Christened the "stir-crazy sexgate siren" by the New York Post, Lewinsky was greeted by tour buses cruising past on their way to O.J. Simpson's house; by T-shirt vendors selling ZIPPERGATE '98 shirts; by stalker photographers snapping every move; and finally by word on Wednesday that any deal she may have thought she had with Starr...
...crossword puzzle, should we have the strength and skill. Further, it enables us to use our linguistic and calculating capabilities toward a pure pursuit, without the sense of response we demand from conversation, or the compensation we get from employment. The crossword puzzle is a two-dimensional siren, and it is only the uninitiated and deaf who can resist her call. During my time on the LIRR, I responded to the siren's cry, sharpened my crossword puzzle skills, and became a lifelong "solver...
LITTLE MERMAID Topless, headless Copenhagen siren gets noggin back...
...flourishing at the end of this millennium is an art and a craft, and not many are up to it. But she has the grit to try. She attracts men, and appeals to other women, by being her own complicated self. Determined woman, staunch friend, strong mate: the sensible siren...