Word: zeus
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...their report cards," Billy reported. "Melissa did really well. Except in science where she got a D. With all those As and Bs, I thought she could have at least gotten a C. My oldest, Crystal, wants to teach someday. History. Old history, she likes especially, Greek mythology, Zeus and all his children and that stuff...
...direct. His successors, he said, had been "unbelievably stupid" and caused "the most serious single threat to the future" of the paper his family had bought in 1882. People gasped in surprise, then applauded as the shock wore off. Said a veteran reporter: "It was like a thunderbolt from Zeus...
I.O.A. blends the best of both strategies. In design it virtually out-Disneys Disney, and, on the 360[degree] thrill rides, certainly outdizzies it. I.O.A. is stocked with familiar characters from Zeus to Seuss; with its imaginative attention to detail, the park is jazzy fun just to walk through. Toddlers could spend the day in Seuss Landing, a genial riot of DayGlo colors, where you can drink Moose Juice (turbo tangerine) or Goose Juice (sour green apple). In the Lost Continent area, you pass Magic Rock, which squirts water and speaks, with the droll sarcasm of a bachelor uncle roped...
Then came Michael Jordan. Knight signed the great Zeus of hoops in 1984, or a couple of hundred million Airs ago. Although Jordan too has been scorched by some criticism about the high price of sneakers, he remains an all-world marketer. He recently turned a nationally televised game into a two-hour Nike commercial by donning a 14-year-old pair of Air Jordans for his "last" appearance at Madison Square Garden. Then he tortured the New York Knicks for 42 points...
...Zeus ordered famous Hephaistos to mix; asswiftly as possible, earth with water, and to putinto it the voice and strength of humankind...