Word: splits
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...people stray, start their own business, move to a new town not because their job requires it but for a better life, a better school, a better view of the mountains. Our shared national luxury is elbow room, the blessing of wealth and space that allows congregations to split off and build huge, sprawling new churches along the highway, unaffiliated with any denomination, equipped like a high school, catering to a niche in the soul. It accounts for the blinding growth of exurban enclaves, filled with people fleeing not just the big cities but also the small ones--setting...
...OVER PITT SPLIT...
...GWYNETH PALTROW were moving so smoothly into becoming one flesh that they even had the same haircut, they abruptly called it all off. His publicist released a statement confirming that one of the most publicly doting and doted upon couples was a twosome no more. "They've been split up for three weeks," says the spokeswoman. "Brad told me it wasn't over any one thing." What split the Pitts became the week's favorite guessing game, with answers ranging from new co-stars (Pitt is currently in New York City making Meet Joe Black) to suggestions that...
John Carmack doesn't disagree with Romero's description of their clashing priorities. "I'm doing what I want to do now, and it happens to be making us millions of dollars," he told TIME last week, in one of his first public comments on the split with his former partner. Carmack doesn't want to grow id into a big company. "There's only so many Ferraris I want to own," he says. But he takes issue with Romero's version of their breakup. "John's a good designer, and he's got artistic talent. But the fact...
...invaded Cambodia to stop the Khmer Rouge. Last week, Pol Pot reportedly fled his northern stronghold of Anlong Veng with a small band of loyalists after ordering the killing of his former defense minister Son Sen. The breakup of the Khmer Rouge has increased tensions in Cambodia's government split between First Prime Minister Prince Norodom Ranariddh and Second Prime Minister Hun Sen, with each side battling for the hearts and minds of the estimated 10,000 Khmer Rouge guerrillas whose support could tip the political balance of power. Tensions rose in August, when former Khmer Rouge number two Ieng...