Word: ticked
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Demme, sanguine with success, is ready to absolve the most rabid critic of Philadelphia. "We knew we were bound to tick somebody off," he says. "Actually, I was hoping to catch the ire of Jesse Helms -- that sort of terminally closed-minded person. I made this movie for people like me: people who aren't activists, people who are afraid of AIDS, people who have been raised to look down on gays. I feel we've connected with those people, and we've also generated press for the opposition. If everybody agreed the movie was great, it'd take...
...star's lawyers faced three unsavory options: let Michael talk and possibly strengthen the prosecution's case against him; have him take the Fifth Amendment and a severe public relations hit; or pay the king's ransom. All Feldman had to do was let the clock tick and the meter run up. Sure enough, Jackson's team got the deposition postponed for a week, by which time negotiations for a settlement were well advanced. Now that the deal has been approved, he won't have to testify at all. Jackson settled, Feldman believes, because "his business people made a judgment...
...travel together, eat together, cry and laugh together," Martin said. "We've found what makes us tick, and [American Airlines chair Robert C. Crandall pushed us below that ticking point...
...Widener steps To commemorate the tradition of setting our watches back an hour, the Cult of Cronus assembled on the Widener steps at 2 a.m. Halloween morning. Holding candles and a clock drawn on a pizza box, the cult recited a chant marking the annual event. "Tick!" "Tock!" the cult members shouted in turn...
...people you deal with are the most interesting part. We grew up here, and we've been in business here all our lives. That's how it is. We're a part of Cambridge, and so are you guys, the customers. The people are what make this place tick...