Word: wheeling
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...speed during a break, that these young women are Olympians. For in their unstudied and hilarious way, they will talk, or rather riff, about nearly anything: their boyfriends or the lack thereof, the body-fat ratios of the rowers on the men's team, how the Southern Belle paddle-wheel boat will sometimes cruise by them so the tour guide can say, "Off to the right, we have the Olympic rowing team. Take a closer look, ladies and gentleman, 'cause some of them have legs as big as a man's!" They'll discuss anything, that is, but the pressure...
...show, however, is not without flaws. For a sharp stand-up comic, O'Donnell makes some disconcertingly lame gags. Whenever she mispronounces anything, she comes back with a Wheel of Fortune joke: "I'd like to buy a vowel!" This was tired after just four days. And the formatted topical comedy, as it turns out, is too predictable. A joke about Julie Andrews declining a Tony nomination ended with Rosie claiming she'd turn down the Nobel Peace Prize. That's the sort of one-liner that people who have never even appeared on Star Search have been using around...
...airline has had more than 284 "service difficulties," according to the FAA, such as a plane rolling off the runway because of worn brakes. In the first five weeks of 1996, the carrier experienced four "incidents," as the FAA terms them: a hard landing and tail strike, a nose wheel that strayed off the runway when the crew could not see taxi lights, an aircraft that skidded on ice at low speed and a flight attendant injured in turbulence. The number and frequency of these incidents prompted the FAA to launch a 120-day "Special Emphasis Review" that resulted...
Martin Mildbrandt, 28, was driving southbound on Interstate 495 near Berlin when he apparently fell asleep at the wheel, according to State Trooper Kevin Burke...
Then it occurred to me that "average driver" was based on miles driven rather than skill at the wheel. My saving might be less than $27 because I live in New York City, where alternatives to driving are available and increasingly attractive. The subway system, for instance, has mostly new trains as well as many renovated stations, and I think of it as much safer now that Bernhard Goetz, the wonk vigilante, is moving to Boston...