Word: standing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...feedboard and then punch the first power button to stir the dead weight of the steel and lead. The press would groan and move and finally plunge back and forth like a stallion in harness, air cylinders hissing and gasping as they cushioned each surge. I would stand a few seconds absorbing the rumble and relishing the power and the meaning. The evening's drama had begun, and each of the nearly 3,000 sheets of newsprint was tenderly guided into posterity in a marvelous alchemy of paper, ink, type and press. It echoes today...
GESO officials continue to point out that the judge let stand the general counsel's original ruling that the T.A.'s are employees of Yale and can unionize...
RAMALLAH, West Bank: A panel of Palestinian legislators has called for the heads of Yasser Arafat's entire Cabinet after finding plenty rotten in the operation of the would-be state. The probe, initiated by the state comptroller's office, also recommended that three ministers stand trial for diverting $1.5 billion in contributions from international donors and mismanaging the Palestinian autonomy government's $800 million annual budget, often for personal gain. Arafat's spokesman punted, claiming that the findings simply justified plans for a Cabinet reshuffle. Hold on there, cowboy. "The mismanagement starts from...
...Milan, however, the home of Italian fashion, the company's image could stand a bit of polishing. In May a Milan criminal court sentenced Santo to a 14-month suspended jail term after finding him guilty of bribing police to obtain favorable tax audits for the company. (Leaders of several other couture houses either plea-bargained away tax charges or drew similar penalties.) Santo is appealing the conviction. Moreover, the company continues to be dogged by rumors of Mafia ties, assertions that the family has consistantly denied. Fashion industry rivals wonder in particular who is financing Versace's lavish boutiques...
...Zoglin, who edited the cover, called Versace's close friend and favored clothes horse, Madonna, to see if she was interested in writing something. Not only was Madonna interested, but within a day she had turned in a moving tribute filled with the sort of observed detail that would stand out in any journalist's notebook...