Word: tilts
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Hampshire primary, and after two underwhelming debate performances, the smile with enough wattage to light the national Christmas tree has devolved into the Smirk. It is actually a full-body tic: a pressing together of the upturned lips with a shrug of the shoulders and a preening tilt of the head that signals the Governor is awfully pleased with himself...
...other words, to save the fingers from one arm, they stuck them on the other. I can't think of enough horrible adjectives for this story. When did the world around us become so manic? It's really frightening to think about how rapidly the world can tilt out of control. When did reporting the news become so crazy...
...Half-past ten and house music was pounding. Ravers and British-dance-music groupies wandered the floors at Axis, still only at half-tilt even though the concert tickets said it would start at ten. Then the strains of Imagination's '70s disco classic "Just an Illusion" came over the speakers, a hint of lu Cont's love for good dancing music regardless of its cheesy associations. This segued into the sound of a robotic voice...
...Appeals, which would review Jackson's decision and remedy orders, is the same one that slapped the judge down last year when he ordered Microsoft to offer Windows 95 without the Internet Explorer browser. The Supreme Court is more of a wild card, but its current pro-business tilt suggests the government may get a skeptical hearing. But neither is likely to overturn Jackson's findings of fact...
...exerts a strong "gravitational pull" on the service. Bell reaps 95% of the Marines' spending on helicopters each year, or more than $1 billion. More critically, some Pentagon officials suggest that the Marines don't want the crash to jeopardize Bell's $36 billion V-22 program. That Marine "tilt-rotor" aircraft, which takes off and lands like a helicopter and cruises like a turboprop airplane, is on the verge of lifting off after more than a decade of troubled development...