Word: trashes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...18th century the most common method of trash disposal was to open the door or window, especially the back door or window," Gerry said...
...Pacers, a deep, veteran-led team, have a pair of genuine New Yorkers in Mark Jackson and Chris Mullin. They also have Reggie Miller, who runs his mouth like one. He has a habit of draining one unmakable jumper after the next at the Garden while engaging in a trash-talking marathon with Knick fan Spike Lee, who has replaced his Ewing jersey with a Sprewell one. The Knicks, who were moments away from self-destruction heading into the play-offs, are now firing on every dysfunctional cylinder...
...lives have been stumbling toward for a quarter-century. Ned Rose is the title figure, a no-hoper in early middle age, who checks the oxygen levels in the 16 ponds of a Mississippi catfish farm. Daisy is his estranged sister. They are poor and white, though not white trash. Mack Bell owns the farm and owns Ned too. Mack has labor troubles. He summons Ned, as he has been doing since high school. Retribution explodes in the blast of a gun. Daisy, a figure strong enough to have been limned by Faulkner, suspects what has happened and acknowledges...
...hear that kind of bantering trash talk from the Universal and Disney camps. A Walt Disney World executive, alluding to the high-speed roller coasters at the center of I.O.A.'s promotion, calls them "theme rides without the theme." True enough for some rides. The Incredible Hulk Coaster is similar to slinky steel screamers in nearby Busch Gardens, though it has some jet-propulsive refinements. Another thrill ride, Dr. Doom's Fear Fall, is supposed to extract "raw human fear" from the brains of its strapped-in victims, but it's just a fresh version of the Big Shot...
...short-lived. There will be very few times in our futures when we can be so self-centered and get away with it. Reconciling our own agendas with those of our future families, workplaces and other affiliations will be crucial. So, in the meantime, let's clean up the trash, say goodbye to our neighbors and ease back into the real world--where such behavior would be unaccepted...