Word: tinning
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...danger lurking deep within its corridors, a game like Quake would be little more than a feast for the eye without equally rich 3-D grunts and groans. That's where Bose's top speakers come in handy: the amplifier and two ear-thrashing cubes will replace that grating, tin-can PC sound with a digital symphony. ($699; Bose...
...complicated at all to read news; just type tin at the fas% prompt instead of typing pine. Tin is a perfect newsreader for beginners, and a great way to get into the world of Usenet...
...which ruled in June that his district was unconstitutional. But he got a reprieve when a lower court decided that the redistricting, which could deprive Watt of a 4-to-1 Democratic advantage, did not have to be done until next April 1. From the "rags" of a fatherless, tin-roofed home to the "riches" of the House Judiciary and Banking committees, Watt is the realization of the American dream to many in the 57-percent black 12th district--the old 12th, that...
...emcee, is a gawky delight, especially in a dance routine with a hat rack. Gilkey knows that the body is a deft comic instrument, even as the charming Chinese girls who do the "diabolos" routine (spinning a toy on a string while prancing nonstop in short skirts and Tin Woodman hats) know how to make this precision aerobic workout seem like schoolyard...
...follow. They have, however, picked the wrong time--the 1950s--and the wrong place--the Jersey shore--for culinary proselytizing. Perhaps even the wrong street, for across from their modest establishment stands Pascal's, whose proprietor (Ian Holm) is busy noisily and prosperously ladling red sauce across his customers' tin palates and quietly scheming his rivals' ruin...