Word: upone
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...During the question-and-answer period, Ellis, Mauer and the crowd came down heavily upon Lungren's views, with Ellis claiming that "punishment will never be effective in the long term" and that "we are mortgaging our futures" with current prison policies...
...bore the boyhood name-calling stoically and tried to toughen himself physically by inserting weights in his shoes to strengthen his legs (the better to play soccer). He left for the U.S. when still in high school, graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with an economics degree and, upon his return to Japan, insisted on using his Korean surname, Son, instead of Yasumoto, the Japanese name his parents had taken...
...change in 10 years, as you know. But now that the millennium is actually upon us, examining these old prophecies can help drive home some fundamentals. Besides, it's fun. So before I get to the lessons, allow me a couple of shots at Wall Street's vision of the '90s, circa...
When I first met Quentin, he declared, "I don't believe in abroad--I think everyone speaks English behind our backs!" After the success of Servant, Quentin was invited to New York. So from Chelsea in London he came to the Chelsea Hotel in New York--where upon entering he declared, "Home!" If Quentin ever harbored a regret in his life, it was that he had not found New York earlier...
Servant was an extraordinary piece about an extraordinary man. A man born into seeming impossibility; not uncared for, but equally not understood. Here was a boy of charm and intellect. An enchanted creature that had no apparent place upon this earth. Where would he roam? His life has answered that question. He never wavered from his crusade. Listen he always did. Respect he always had. Love from his generous soul he always offered...