Word: trotting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...unconventional challengers. Major-party candidates for Congress run the gamut from a gay Republican activist in Los Angeles to a former Black Panther in Chicago to a Wyoming ophthalmologist who promises to return to private life as soon as Congress passes health-care legislation. And many incumbents, who normally trot confidently to re- election, are running scared in the face of this unexpected assault. At least 150 newcomers are expected on Capitol Hill next year. That number includes 85 seats in the House and nine in the Senate that are guaranteed to have new occupants because the incumbents have retired...
...network show that becomes a hit is only starting its TV life cycle. The next step is a big syndication deal, then years and years of reruns on local stations and cable. Virtually every TV anniversary, star's death or Emmy Awards show provides an excuse to trot out another edition of Scenes We Like to See Over and Over Again: Ralph Kramden bickering with Alice, Elvis gyrating on Ed Sullivan, Lou Grant meeting Mary Richards for the first time ("I hate spunk...
Events included the cha cha, rhumba, mambo, swing, samba, jive, waltz, fox trot and quickstep competitions...
Oddsmakers favored Hot to Trot II, but Plain Disgusting and Fluttering Antenna were far from long shots. The competing cockroaches were entrants in Bug Bowl 1991, an event staged last week at Purdue University to promote understanding of one of the most reviled insects. Says Thomas Turpin, a research entomologist: "We build houses, they move in and feed on the stuff that falls from the table...
...hundred fifty fans watched the first running of the Giganteus Stakes. The contestants, all 3-in.-long tropical species, sped along the track. In a photo finish, Hot to Trot II won the cup by a labrum...