Word: spectacularly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...hottest show-business talent available, a strategy that enabled Disney to give its theme parks an immediate injection of Hollywood hipness. Enter Michael Jackson, who was recruited by Eisner to help write and star in Captain Eo, a 17-minute, $17 million movie musical in 3-D. Even more spectacular is Star Tours, a $32 million thrill ride that opened in January 1987 at Disneyland. The ride employs the technology of flight simulators, the devices used for training pilots and astronauts. Hydraulically powered, the StarSpeeder 3000 cabin shakes, rattles and rolls its 40 passengers at angles up to 35 degrees...
Several Australian goals came from beautiful pinpoint passing and well-timed cuts. The Aussies found themselves with great open shots througout the game. Goalie Kelly Dermody made several spectacular saves, keeping the score respectable in the first half...
...Crimson looked especially spectacular during the second quarter, and blasted the Panthers until the final whistle. Griffith began the barrage by netting his second goal...
FORGET the world at large. College students don't ask much of April--just that it be extraordinary, featuring a blossoming social life, spectacular weather and a relatively light course load. But as always, April crumps on its end of the deal. The month is just unfair--a reality we're not quite prepared to swallow--because the April we'd like to be living is the one we dreamed of in January...
This is a dangerous and potentially deadly time to be a retailer in America. The number of stores has grown at a rate far faster than the U.S. population, setting off a competitive battle as wild and unpredictable as a Wrestlemania spectacular. As the grappling gets rougher and tougher in an industry where takeovers and leveraged buyouts have become everyday events, some contestants are being tossed out of the ring and others are being dismembered or gobbled up by competitors...