Word: wave
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...were listening, from inside the abbey, and you heard this patter ?it sounded like rain. What was happening? And then you realized it was applause, that had started outside the abbey doors, in the crowd. And then it began to spread inside. It was like a wind, like a wave, that came in, and up through the pews, and then receded until it was outside again...
...Colebrook everybody knows everybody. Because the town hall is across the street from the newspaper office, rare was the day that Bunnell or Joos would not wave to troopers Phillips or Lord, whose work often intersected theirs. John Harrigan and Bunnell dated for many years. John was, in fact, supposed to go fishing with Vickie's father last Tuesday afternoon...
...very hard to get them to see that you can make change either in yourself or something around you, as opposed to finding your niche and sort of riding the wave through life," observes State University of New York-Buffalo history professor Michael Frisch of the 18-year-olds who come through his door. "These kids have no sense that they have any power over the world...
...ratings are still going down (they slipped 7% in the second quarter of this year), but thanks to the increased play videos are receiving, there's a new wave of directors on the way up. The network has been de-emphasizing alternative rock recently and searching for other forms to replace it, creating an opportunity for directors with a strong, clear vision to bring performers from other genres to widespread attention. The world of videos is high stakes. Gina Harrell, head of video production at Elektra Records, says her label spends about $300,000 to $600,000 a video...
...first wave of the new faith-based approach to poverty came at the state level, where some social-services departments began matching welfare recipients with participating churches. In Mississippi, Governor Kirk Fordice's Faith and Families program has paired 504 welfare families with 338 churches, which help them with everything from studying for the high school equivalency exam to honing job-interview skills. Michigan's welfare officials have hired two umbrella religious groups to work with more than 100 churches on a similar program. Welfare recipients aren't required to attend church, but the idea is that the church will...