Word: soles
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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PUMP UP THE VOLUME. By night, Mark Hunter is "Hard Harry," sole owner of a pirate radio station on which he endlessly, maniacally articulates sedition, sexual and social, to his schoolmates. His monologues very possibly constitute the most direct and original route into the junkheap of the adolescent mind that any moviemaker has yet found...
...recommendation from Pitts could save the mill. As the sole architectural historian working for the National Park Service's history division, she decides what structures should be considered National Historic Landmarks. Pitts walks through the mill's vast, empty work space and taps a few dusty columns. Her verdict: "I think I'm playing with fire, but I'm still going to try to landmark...
...fact that Renehan was the sole lawyer to argue among the nine plaintiffs, coupled with the proposition that all the cases be transferred to Boston, may indicate that the University is poised to play the lead- ing role in the litigation...
These are not the best of times for Argentina's President Carlos Menem. When his wife Zulema barricaded herself and their two children within the presidential residence, he prudently left the country for a European sojourn, though not before signing a decree giving himself sole authority over who is allowed inside. When he returned home, he ousted Zulema, who then made a melodramatic scene in front of TV cameras. But these troubles pale before a new problem confronting Menem. Legions of superstitious Argentines have become convinced he is cursed with a hex. The alleged evidence: several of his Cabinet ministers...
...after Bourassa overrode a Canadian Supreme Court ruling by passing a law that banned English on outdoor commercial signs in Quebec. English speakers across the country expressed outrage, and some later engaged in highly publicized Quebec-flag stomping. About 60 municipalities have since passed symbolic ordinances declaring English their sole official tongue. Said - Mayor Joe Fratesi of Sault Sainte Marie, in explanation of his city's English- only law: "I'm against the idea of force-feeding all of Canada on two languages...