Word: steams
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...grosses, projects this summer's take as $1.85 billion, down 9% from last year's. Total Recall has already earned more than $105 million, and Dick Tracy and Die Hard 2 could earn that and more before Labor Day. But other pictures have already started to run out of steam, especially pricey sequels like Another 48 Hrs., RoboCop 2, Gremlins 2: The New Batch and Back to the Future, Part...
...great magnet for the iron horse, as is curiosity for a generation that grew up speeding down the interstates and making bicoastal parabolas at 30,000 ft. A train ride is a visceral excursion into history. You can hear, if you listen carefully, the hiss of escaping steam, the chime of crystal goblets and the rustle of starched table linens. You can see, if you open your mind's eye, a lone Navajo saluting the Super Chief as it pulls into Albuquerque; buffalo racing alongside the Empire Builder in Montana. On board there are movie stars and Senators, Vanderbilts...
...their own way to competitions around the world. At the vineyards' tournament, Dublin's Williams, a musician and graphics designer, was defeated by Debbie Cornelius, a secretary from England who had played a dairy farmer and an engineer. Players in Central Park included a bar owner, a steam fitter, a hairdresser, the maitre d' at New York City's Rainbow Room and Wall Street types...
Investment analysts believe the rush to stocks has been sparked in part by the perception that the sluggish economy will be perked up by falling interest rates. As the Wall Street surge has built up steam, more and more small investors and mutual funds have jumped on the bandwagon for fear of missing the rally...
...increase in contributions to E4D from last year to this year, organizers say that E4D has seen a decline in support over the last several years. They say that seniors are increasingly reluctant to give money to Harvard and that the divestment movement has lost some of its steam...