Word: spill
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Today, more than ever before in modern times, the era of confession is upon us. Vast numbers of people are eager to spill the most minute details of their lives on television talk shows, in poetry, in comedy clubs, in monologues for the theater and, most of all, in books. The range is astonishing, from best-selling works by the celebrated--like the just-out memoirs of Henry Kissinger--to two different views of growing up Irish by brothers Frank and Malachy McCourt, to the modest, self-published stories meant only for a handful of friends and relatives...
...will close above 10,000 soon, marking its first true breach of the landmark figure and spurring yet another round of news stories repeating what we've already heard: Dow 10,000 is perfectly meaningless, a number, nothing more. But it all seems like a lot of ink to spill over something that is nothing. In my view, the Number is a red alert to the smoke and mirrors that brought us so far so fast...
...tanker Exxon Valdez runs aground in Alaska's Prince William Sound, spilling 11 million gal. of crude oil. It is the worst oil spill in U.S. history...
...That sentiment may have held Stephanopoulos back. He may have been disloyal enough to take nearly $3 million to write the book, but something kept him from stripping Clinton bare. And so he may lose twice--damned for being disloyal and damned for not being disloyal enough to truly spill the beans...
...umbrella of "justice" three legitimate but unrelated issues--a living wage for Harvard employees, fair labor practices in manufacturing Harvard clothing and more awareness of sexual assault on campus. By linking the issues, organizers had hoped to show solidarity against the Harvard administration and generate student interest that would spill over into all three issues. Instead, each individual message was diluted under the vague rallying cry of "Justice," and a true sense of purpose was never apparent...