Word: splash
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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CINEMA Woody Allen returns to pure comedy in Manhattan Murder Mystery, but he seems distracted. King of the Hill takes a tough-minded look at boyhood during the Depression. MUSIC Clint Black sings radio-ready country pop that has a splash of introspection. From Britain's Gavin Bryars comes a minimalist milestone. THEATER That spunky orphan is back, but in Annie Warbucks, her appeal is much scaled down. BOOKS Showdown at Opal Creek is a clear, sensitive account of the timber wars in Oregon and the fate of the last old- growth stands...
...Glue, dive under his tires, trail him across the South, phone in bomb threats and even distribute a wanted poster with his picture on it: notorious!! Working six days a week, his only real diversions are playing golf and spending each Tuesday night playing blackjack and craps at the Splash Casino on the Mississippi over in Tunica County...
...Morgan is on the other side of the trade. Now I have to buy the shares in order to deliver them to Morgan, hopefully at a lower price. But the downward wave I thought I was surfing on turns out to be little more than a splash in a puddle. Amgen edges up to 39 in most marketmakers' quotes! If it climbs higher, I'm really in trouble. "Cut your loss! Cut your loss!" shouts Houtkin, so I ask the clerk to buy any shares remaining at 38 7/8, which Kidder, Peabody provides. My loss...
...certainly have more freedom if your party's not in the White House," said Dole last week. "When Bush was President, I got to carry those big, heavy buckets sent up from the White House. But I never got to splash any water. Now I see ((Senate majority leader George)) Mitchell carrying the buckets, and he's getting round shoulders." Meanwhile, Dole could sit back, enjoy the show and, in spite of his 69 years, entertain thoughts of running for President again...
...young Wynn was one of the only teenagers at the family's summer retreat at Old Forge, New York, who had a motorboat, which he sometimes used with his hell-raising friends to splash the docks while people were sunbathing. When he was at home, Steve's father dominated the household with his hyperactivity (he could not sit still for a conversation), his romantic streak (he once turned the banks of a lake into an open-air movie studio with multiple cameras so that he could film his son ski jumping) and his mixture of gentleness and bombast...