Word: slid
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...they were a cohesive group, not just a haphazard all-star assembly. The ease with which McBride navigates his hulking instrument was immediately apparent. He laid a solid foundation for the tune as Blade tastefully used brushes on his kit alongside. Redman then hung on a high note and slid upward to mark the beginning of his solo, in which he demonstrated his full, thick tone in all registers of the instrument. It was an apt starter for the show--giving audience members a hook to appreciate the band's stylings in a midtempo format before blowing them away with...
What's infuriating about the denouement of the Divisional Playoffs isn't that Seattle and New York were gypped (That is, if you really believe that Sandy Alomar slid across home plate without leaving any dirt on it). Both went down to teams that, over the course of four and five-game series, proved their mettle with clearly superior starting pitching and clutch hitting, and wholly deserve their spots in the Championship Series...
...Asia has been the reliable news for decades, but suddenly the old assumptions are not so certain. Thailand this year has suffered a currency run a la Mexico and for similar reasons: overspending, a loss of competitiveness and the perception that its currency was overvalued. As the Thai baht slid 25% against the U.S. dollar over the past 12 months, other currencies also fell. Then stock markets swooned. Economist Behravesh predicts little growth (1.5%) this year in Thailand, after an annual average of 9% for the past decade. But it will rebound to 3% in 1998. Indonesia will grow...
...cooperate with Israeli agents in monitoring and arresting Islamic extremists or to silence the rhetoric of violence that lends their acts legitimacy enraged and stiffened Netanyahu. In the aftermath of the July 30 Jerusalem bombing that took the lives of 15 victims and provoked Israel's punitive response, relations slid down to the level of name calling. Arafat made matters worse when he publicly embraced a Hamas leader at a so-called unity conference in Gaza. Netanyahu warned that the Palestinian chief may have given the "kiss of death" to the peace process...
...moment both parties were poised to suck it in and embrace a reduction in cost-of-living increases for Social Security recipients, along came the statisticians with a check for $225 billion--courtesy of an economy then growing at 6%. It was at that point that the budget debate slid from discipline into gratitude. There was suddenly enough money for everyone...