Word: spiriting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...bless Steve Jobs. His courage and commitment to Apple Computer are in the spirit of a true entrepreneur. Apple lighted the minds of young people, in the same way that the Rural Electrification Administration lighted rural America more than 60 years ago. With people like Jobs, the future of America's youth is right on track for the new millennium. MILT SMEDSRUD Fergus Falls, Minn...
...saying we have to abandon our species' well-known sense of humor and go around shouting Hallelujah! at every rock Sojourner stumbled on. In the end, in the spirit of science, we want those rocks to become as familiar and even banal to us as the ones we run into with our lawn mowers. If all goes well, our grandchildren will encounter the floodplains of Mars in a third-grade geography lesson, and maybe even find them a little dull. But cuteness short-circuits the whole process of learning and discovery. When we turn the Martian terrain into a comic...
...language sounds archaic, it matches the spirit of the law; such suits date back at least to 18th century common law, when wives were viewed as property, and stealing a wife was akin to cattle rustling. In this century, as women gained greater legal and financial independence, most states threw out their alienation of affection statutes; in only a few conservative states--including Missouri, Mississippi, North and South Carolina--have there been successful suits in recent years, and no verdict within memory anywhere close to last week's $1 million award. After a seven-day trial, the jury deliberated...
...been recognized as a revolutionary director of post-modern cinema. Lionized for redefining the independent movie spirit. And canonized for turning a quirky little film made for just $8 million into a worldwide box-office phenomenon that took in an astounding $213 million. What could you possibly do for a really cool follow...
...they got a call from Brian Graden, then an executive at Fox 2000, who offered them an intriguing project. In search of livelier-than-average holiday greetings, Graden commissioned the pair to make a video Christmas card for him to send to friends and colleagues. The result was The Spirit of Christmas, an animated short film that centered on four crude-acting, blob-shaped third-grade boys forced to intervene in a nasty fistfight between Jesus Christ and Santa Claus. The tape was a smash, passed around and copied endlessly in media circles in Los Angeles and New York City...