Word: tilts
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...President Bill Clinton, engaged in an ongoing vendetta, have been aching to set traps for each other to stumble into [NATION, Oct. 12]. I believe Clinton has inadvertently set a beauty. The impeachment process will proceed, and the Republicans, blinded by their vitriol against Clinton, will gallop full tilt into an election in which the majority of the electorate are disgusted with their witch hunt. From my perspective, north of the border, I'm betting the Democrats will score a big win in the November midterm elections--a form of self-impeachment by the Republicans! LEWIS D. JACKSON Barrie...
...G.O.P.'s stranglehold on governorships in large states means that Republicans will have veto power over the drawing of legislative maps that will take place after the 2000 census. The coming redistricting could tilt the composition of the House of Representatives the G.O.P.'s way well into the next century. Fast-growing Georgia, for instance, stands to add two seats to its congressional delegation in 2000; if Millner wins this year, the G.O.P. will start plotting to carve out new districts in the state's conservative northern region...
...space, public or private, in which its audience lived and moved. Walking through these works--from outside to inside and back again, and in the case of the double ellipses, which have one "room" inside another, moving along the narrow corridor between the skins and experiencing its ever changing tilt--is crucial to their effect...
...year in front of the old City Hall, but that did little to help. Mixfest used to be held on Boston Common, an ideal location for such an event. Because the stage there was elevated off the ground, even people at the edge of the Common only had to tilt there heads up to see. Apparently pressure from Beacon Hill residents unhappy with the crowds and the noise resulted in the move to City Hall Plaza. Yet the Hempfest is still permitted annually on the Common to espouse the use of weed. City officials should realize that cramming so many...
Probably the most standard installment at the fair is its wide assortment of ordinary amusement park rides. From the Ferris Wheel to the Tilt-a-Whirl, anyone willing to shell out 75 cents for a ticket can have their 75 seconds of joy. Unless, of course, you are a pregnant woman with a heart condition or stand under 48 inches tall...