Word: strikingly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...city and if they pull back a bit from the mountaintops they recently captured to complete their encirclement of the Bosnian capital. They met those minimum requirements last week when they moved behind agreed withdrawal lines Saturday and allowed U.N. peacekeepers to patrol the area. It worked. NATO strike planes did not take...
...instead of restoring a civilian government on Aug. 27 as he promised. In a strong, silent demand that the general recognize the results of the June election, which was apparently won by his former friend Moshood Abiola, virtually the entire capital of Lagos shut down for a three-day strike. Abiola was in Washington hoping to persuade the U.S. to pressure Babangida to step down...
...millionaire musical Annie reaped $380 million at the box office and, with stock and amateur productions, turned into an annuity for its creators -- which is a good thing, because none of them have had much but flops onstage ever since. Not surprisingly, they decided to try to make lightning strike twice. Alas, the sequel that opened off-Broadway last week provides at best a mild spark. It is pleasant, tuneful, funny and fit for whole families. It just doesn't make spectators tingle...
...this possible? Because, say the professionals, deciphering glyphs depends as much on intuition and instinct as it does on knowledge of a given writing system. Insight can strike like lightning. Says Schele, now an art historian at the University of Texas at Austin: "These moments of clarity are just extraordinary. The greatest thrills of my career came in those moments when the inscription becomes clear and we suddenly understand the humans who created this legacy for the first time...
...time to strike is fast-approaching...