Word: strikingly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...TIME Washington correspondent Dick Thompson points out that it's not that Ford is so far ahead -- it's that the government is so far behind. "The administration is having an awful time getting regulations in place," he says, pointing to last week's Supreme Court strike-down of clean-air rules as a prime example. "So what they're doing is going behind the scenes and telling car companies like Ford what they're planning, and reminding them that it never hurts to be out front on this type of thing." It's obvious that Ford cherishes its reputation...
Though living in the midst of Tornado Alley, most Oklahomans have never seen a twister. Many figured they'd never see one, assuming twisters only strike far out on the prairie, beyond the towns. That myth was laid to rest last Monday. At midafternoon National Weather Service meteorologists noted a startling accumulation of the supercell thunderstorms that spawn whirlwinds. By 4:45 they had issued their first tornado warning. Starting at 5:00 and continuing for 20 hours, a legion of twisters--more than 40, coming so fast that the exact count is uncertain--scourged the region. One, a behemoth...
...engage in these types of shows, at least be forthright," he said. "Tell the people what they're going to get involved in, tell them you're going to be talking about lurid, obscene sexual fantasies, and make sure you don't involve mentally ill people who could later strike...
...espionage, the New York Times reports that Beijing has indeed put some of those stolen secrets to use -- on a small, mobile ICBM called the Dong Feng-31, expected to be ready for deployment as early as 2002 or 2003. "The DF-31 ICBM will give China a major strike capability that will be difficult to counterattack at any stage of its operation," a 1996 Air Force intelligence report stated. And they got its brains, or at least some of them, from...
With the O'Donnell field faithful on their feet and the Tigers hoping for one last ninthinning rally, the Harvard senior hurler reared back and got the Princeton rookie to strike out on a pitch in the dirt to give the Crimson its third consecutive Ancient Eight title...