Word: stings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...White House today complained that "overzealous" congressional staffers are trying to "intimidate" and "harass" the Administration with frequent, voluminous information requests. Presidential spokesman Mike McCurry singled out House demands for reams of information on theMexico bailout.TIME White House correspondent James Carneysays the charge may take some of the sting out of a letter that House Republicans were about to send complaining about the Administration's unresponsiveness. McCurry may also have been provoked by a House-Senate conference committee's threat to block loans to Mexico...
...city investigation of underage drinking at Harvard Square's Spaghetti Club earlier this year discovered that roughly a third of those patrons randomly selected for a liquor sting were below the drinking...
...sting was launched after the city received an anonymous complaint in January, according to Boyer, who conducted the operation with Leon Lishley of the Cambridge police...
...program gradually began attracting better guests and a bigger following. Irish vocalist Sinead O'Connor was featured in a 1991 show, and progressive rockers R.E.M. appeared later that same year. Other A-list musicians--Sting, Eric Clapton, Arrested Development--soon followed. Older performers went on Unplugged to revive careers, younger rockers to boost new ones. When Pearl Jam paid a visit in 1992, it was largely unknown; its Unplugged appearance was an important milestone in the band's drive toward megastardom. Aging soulman Rod Stewart's acoustic set spawned an Unplugged album that sold 3 million copies. Coming full circle...
According to an article in Tuesday's BostonGlobe, the commission "sting" operation resultedfrom several complaints of underage drinking inthe Harvard Square area from police and anonymoustipsters...