Word: spectacularly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...same day that AT&T replaced faltering CEO Robert Allen with former Hughes Electronics boss C. Michael Armstrong, the phone giant put its staggering $14 billion Universal Card business on the block. AT&T terrorized the credit-card industry and started a trend by introducing, with spectacular results, the no-fee-for-life Universal Card in 1990. But the lack of a fee made AT&T dependent on interest charges that many customers refused to rack up. According to Robert McKinley, president of RAM Research, holders of as many as 60% of AT&T's 18 million Universal Cards...
...hour segments on Nov. 4 and 5, smoothly relates the story of the first expedition to cross the West and reach the Pacific Ocean. The familiar Burns techniques are here--actors reading letters, a cast of commentators, panning shots of historical images--but they are supplemented by the spectacular landscapes of the Great Plains, the Rockies and the Pacific Northwest. It is a pleasing package, nevertheless marred by the Burnsian sensibility...
Bright Hockey Center played host this weekend to some of the biggest names in ice skating as part of the annual Eliot House spectacular, "An Evening With Champions...
...Hotel's Regattabar. So high, in fact, that an additional show was added Sunday afternoon, making for a total of eight performances over four days--all sold out. For such renowned players to perform in a cozy venue like the Regattabar meant that many were unable to witness some spectacular music making, but the fortunate got what they wanted...and more. This combination of three of the brightest young stars in jazz today--tenor saxophonist Redman, bassist Christian McBride and drummer Brian Blade--fulfilled all expectations with verve and style...
...effects to distract. If their point was to show that they didn't need the hype to be good, than they proved it well, as the crowd seemed to feel a special connection with the group during this segment. This absence of spectacle only made it seem more spectacular when they then walked back to the main stage to perform several last crowd-pleasers. The lights and magic around them really took off, and the ends of some of the last few numbers were punctuated with incredible pyrotechnic displays that completely lit up the sky. The encore brought both...