Word: yellowing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...commonly held sentiment about the council as "aristocratic debate society superimposed on a high school dance committee." Kaufman, standing tall with his hands on his hips, exuded Midwestern charm. And Goodman played-stand-up comedian with his "Good Man" (read: Superman) signs and his green plastic mobile dinosaur with yellow mane and blinking red eyes...
Magic's kicks were a little more flashy, as was his style of play, and more importantly, his team. The basic black of the Larry shoes were replaced with the bright yellow and purple of the Los Angeles Lakers. This was Showtime, and these shoes exemplified that. They were unmistakably the shoes of the Lakers, but not unmistakably the shoes of Magic Johnson. Again, the colors were the predominant feature, not an artistic rendering of Magic's huge grin...
...physical game that was tightly reffed and penalty-marred from beginning to end, with five yellow cards awarded in addition to Lundquist...
About the time most prospective parents are obsessing over what color to paint the nursery, Amy Grossberg and Brian Peterson Jr. were acquiring a gray garbage bag with yellow drawstrings and a map of Newark, Delaware, to help them find a Comfort Inn off the highway, where birth and death could come and go in a moment. Was there ever a second when one of them was shocked by the horror of it all and said, "No, we can't do this. Have we lost our minds?" only to be talked back into it by the other? Did they hear...
...assessment of the Jewell case shows the extraordinary one-sidedness of the media. It seems everyone involved--except the press--was guilty of poor judgment, possible rights violations, skulduggery and potential libel. The media use the First Amendment as a shield for their lack of ethics, their use of yellow journalism and their reporting of rumors with reckless disregard for the damage caused to the people involved. ROBERT V. RIGHTER JR. St. Louis, Missouri...