Word: suit
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...forty minutes of added drive time between O'Hare Airport and downtown because of an unusual gawker's delay, reports TIME's Julie Grace. "Elston and Milwaukee Avenues have been dubbed 'Rodman reroutes' because of a giant billboard advertisement of Bulls player Dennis Rodman in a Bigsby & Kruthers business suit and tie which went up after Rodman was suspended for six games for head-butting a NBA referee. The suit is tailored to accentuate Rodman's tattoos in the most obvious way: the sleeves are cut off." Although all the attention is an advertiser's dream come true...
...forty minutes of added drive time between O'Hare Airport and downtown because of an unusual gawker's delay, reports TIME's Julie Grace. "Elston and Milwaukee Avenues have been dubbed 'Rodman reroutes' because of a giant billboard advertisement of Bulls player Dennis Rodman in a Bigsby & Kruthers business suit and tie which went up after Rodman was suspended for six games for head-butting a NBA referee. The suit is tailored to accentuate Rodman's tattoos in the most obvious way: the sleeves are cut off." Although all the attention is an advertiser's dream come true...
...boost minority enrollment. University president Robert M. Berdahl warned that the decision could lead to "the virtual resegregation of higher education," and the entire 15-school system of the University of Texas temporarily suspended admissions. Texas A&M, the other large state system, later announced that it would follow suit...
...quick to point out that gaming (he never uses the word gambling) is creating jobs and "rejuvenating dying cities.'' And he adds, "We don't agree that Tom Grey and his supporters have the right to force their morality on others." Pulling a cue card from his pinstripe suit, Fahrenkopf reads H.L. Mencken's definition of a puritan: "'Someone who is afraid that, somewhere, someone else is having a good time.' The next time I see Tom, I'll say, 'Tom, you're a puritan...
TOKYO: In the latest dispute between Okinawans and the U.S. military, a landowner has filed suit to evict the military from his plot of land. Shoichi Chibana's lease with the military expired Sunday and he wants to return to his home. "I want to go back on my land," Chibana said. "In the end, we will win." The Japanese government is not letting Chibana return, citing the U.S.-Japanese security relationship. Chibana led thousands of protesters this weekend outside his land at a U.S. Navy communications center, causing a potential embarrassment for Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto. Hashimoto wants...