Word: thunderings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...contrast, the next best seller came out in 1993. It's The Thunder of Justice. It's part of the apocalyptic end time literature." The book explores the idea that the end of the world is fast approaching and that humanity should behave accordingly, he says. "It's pretty controversial...
...Michelle Pfeiffer, 1995 Woman of the Year, now steps out of the limousine to the thunder clap of one thousand camera shutters. Sporting a black beret and black sunglasses to set off her shiny blonde locks, the goddess is hoisted into the back seat by a jealous drag queen. She looks stunned. One reporter yells, "Michelle--give us a wave!" and she obliges, as another thunder clap of shutters captures the divine moment for posterity. Her devotees, the clowns of this star-gazing circus, go crazy...
...nastiest relay in memory and succeeded in 1) giving the defendant a one-sided word with the world without the unpleasantness of cross-examination or any of the other tethers of jurisprudence; 2) restocking the larder against legal fees, the meter running like it is; and 3) stealing the thunder from another book brought out--there are no coincidences--just days before. This one, Raging Heart, is a work from the other side, written with the approval and cooperation of Nicole Brown Simpson's family...
...occasion of a potential December uprising in Chiapas first to nudge the peso downward, then abruptly to let it float against the dollar. Plummet is what it did instead. In a world where international investment money can cross borders with a few taps on a computer keyboard, a thunder of key taps arose from the offices of stunned investment-fund managers in New York City and other financial centers. As they swiftly dumped Mexican securities, the peso went into a tailspin, at the worst point losing 40% of its value. Within nine days of the start of the crisis...
...Philosophy Michael Flier--apparently the son of a preacher man--who sought to shame the assembled masses into humble obeisance with a bit of fiery rhetoric. "I ask whether it would be the case that ROTC policy discriminated against Jews, would Harvard University continue to write the check?" Flier thundered indignantly. "I ask whether it would be the case that ROTC policy discriminated against African-Americans, would Harvard University continue to write the check?" he echoed his earlier thunder. "I ask whether it would be the case that ROTC policy discriminated against women, would Harvard University continue to write...