Word: took
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...what point did COLIN POWELL realize the awards show took longer than the ground war in Iraq...
...verdict on those two cinematrocities: "The sad thing is, they weren't the worst films I did." Chen may be thinking of Wild Side, a fascinating mess in which she took a three-minute nude roll in the sheets with Heche, who later became Ellen DeGeneres' lesbian partner. "Before me, she was with boys," Chen says roguishly. "After me she came out. No, I'm kidding, I'm kidding...
...stock that has risen for a basket of stocks of equal value--avoiding any immediate capital-gains tax. A crush of financial firms, including Banker's Trust, Salomon Smith Barney, J.P. Morgan and Donaldson Lufkin Jenrette, are launching swap funds right now. They aren't entirely new. But Congress took a whack at limiting them two years ago, and they're resurfacing with a new look...
...game, as the bombs began to fly; his aides were feeding his last fixes into the TelePrompTer with five minutes to go. He didn't look comfortable when he spoke, and the tension didn't abate later. On Friday, when his aides asked him about another matter, he took their heads off. That's revealing...
...panel said Rezulin should stay in circulation: the dangers are real, but they're outweighed by the drug's lifesaving potential. But even if the FDA goes along with the decision--which it need not but generally does--the very fact that the meeting took place raised questions about the agency's approval process. Rezulin got its thumbs-up via the so-called fast-track system, which slashes through some of the FDA's red tape in order to get an important medication into patients' hands quickly. Drug companies love it, since it gets profits rolling in sooner...