Word: spoil
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Before the CLINTONS and BLAIRS relaxed over champagne and a convivial dinner in London last week, the Boomer Buddies huddled about Iran. Enraged by its terrorism, its pursuit of nuclear weapons and its attempts to spoil Middle East peace, Clinton long ago imposed a trade embargo on Iran and has regularly denounced the regime. But with the new reform-minded cleric President, MOHAMMED KHATAMI, has Clinton softened on the regime? Actually, he told Blair, he was "very skeptical" that Khatami's election would bring real change to Tehran's foreign policy, and Blair agreed. But Clinton wants to make Iran...
Will critical success spoil Howard Stern? Suffering praise is a relatively novel sensation for the New York City radio personality whose morning show is now heard in 35 markets around the country and who is probably most famous for--well, it's hard to pick just one thing: for getting female listeners to bare their breasts in his studio, for saying Rodney King deserved his beating and Magic Johnson his HIV virus, for obsessing about the smallness of his penis, for having racked up a record $1.7 million fine from the FCC for uttering words like penis...
...this homecoming is not without its challenges, for nationally-ranked Cornell is hoping to spoil the party. The Big Red (4-3 overall) is currently 20th and boasts two top-ten wrestlers. Carl Keske is ranked seventh at 134 pounds and Carlos Eason sixth at 190 pounds...
...role in making the lighthearted Snow White part of American movie folklore, Caselotti never saw her career venture much beyond "Whistle While You Work" and "I'm Wishing." Disney refused to let her make public appearances as the voice behind Snow White, believing that it would spoil the illusion. Instead, demonstrating a cheery optimism that would have done Snow White proud, Caselotti pursued her own path, taking up opera as a professional singer, playing a bit part in "The Wizard of Oz" and investing in real estate and the stock market...
...show seemed much less inconvenient when viewed as proof of the rightness of the computer revolution. Surely, the logic went, this many people can't be wrong. Even the sobering news that cash-starved CompuServe (which carries TIME online) was scrapping its failing Wow service didn't spoil the party. Instead, in lines, bathrooms and at craps tables, conventioneers--accountants, programmers, teachers--giddily hunted for the next big thing. Everyone, after all, wants to leave Vegas a winner. Below, a handful of COMDEX's better bets...