Word: vesting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Sakina Ellis is at work in her bright orange vest and hard hat. She is guarding a damaged stretch of the Santa Monica Freeway between Fairfax and La Cienega for Caltrans, the state transportation agency. Before her, a small army of gawkers takes in the freeway as if it were a huge, ugly sculpture -- Monument to Human Vanity by Mother Nature. Ellis could probably have taken the day off; both her Van Nuys apartment and new BMW convertible were demolished this morning. But she is actually cheery, meditating on Martin Luther King Jr.: "Just think of all the damage that...
Speaking of selective breeding, Lance Burton, who does one of the finest dove acts in the history of the bulging vest, has actually married Melinda, "the First Lady of Magic." They have joined their hearts and lives but still have separate, competing shows in Vegas. Melinda, who has the best hair in magic next to mine, floats in the air while talking about Jesus. (If it really were Jesus holding her above the stage, would it have to be lighted so carefully...
...This decision enhances competition between colleges on the quality of education," MIT President Charles M. Vest said in the statement released after the settlement. "It re-establishes the principle that colleges, in awarding their funds for scholarships, can follow the...principle that because funds are limited, financial aid in the forms of loans and grants are awarded to students who could not attend college without that financial assistance...
...know, but whatever it is, it's got to be funky" make it funky make it funky make it funky with the organs and the keys and th'BOOTsy. Some DYE-no-MITE three-piece (PEACE my brother, my mother, my man, my son myfunkyfreshfreak) checkered suits vest and all. Tell me Sly, bout somebody you just love to burn: you see it's in the blood. Acid laced and pinch-nez wah wahs, and then bye-bye to Tricky Dick and hello political, no Chuck D, but in yo' face, undermining society like none of Harvy-M's HOMOsexuals...
...Neil [Rudenstine], Chuck [Vest] and I, we each are boys who have grown into men who come from reasonably simple backgrounds," Reeves said. For them, he said, these grants have personal meaning as well...