Word: speakers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...freshman sitting on the steps outside. He says, "Hey," and waves. To be recognized by a jock like Bobby is a big deal to the kid, who beams. It is part of Bobby's charm. It brings him fame. Bobby climbs into a friend's Oldsmobile, with a large speaker blaring rap music in the backseat. They're going to a drive-in for chili dogs and draft root beer. As the car pulls away from the school, Bobby reaches under his seat and lights a Marlboro. You gotta do more than play football to be cool nowadays. Unfortunately...
...think that some people were hurt and offended about how he was given the platform at Harvard, because having spoken at Harvard tends to legitimize a speaker," said Sameera Fazili '00, president of the Harvard Islamic Society (HIS) and a Harvard Class Marshal...
...deft moves, Bill Clinton. Inside the White House on Wednesday, sources told TIME, the President offered a critique of Bush's speech that included moments of grudging admiration and startled recognition. "He saw himself in Bush," says an adviser. "A whole lot of himself." On Capitol Hill, where House Speaker Dennis Hastert and other G.O.P. bosses were enraged by Bush's words, aides to minority leader Dick Gephardt told Hastert's people, "Get used to it. We've been putting up with this for seven years." Bush called Hastert on Thursday to make nice, sources told TIME; earlier, Bush strategist...
...patrons are furious over the government's plan to lower France's legal workweek to 35 hrs. from 39. From a central stage lighted up like a boxing ring, speaker after speaker denounced the legislation as "retrograde," "idiotic" and "criminal." "This law is antieconomic," thundered Ernest-Andre Seilliere, head of the main employers association. "Nobody can make more by working less!" Truer to form, the Confederation Generale du Travail, one of the country's largest labor unions, was leading tens of thousands of workers in protest marches across the country, demanding that the law even mandate the hiring...
...these paradises were seen as remote retreats for the rich and famous. In the '90s, day spas have attracted a more diverse crowd, people who can't afford to spend thousands and linger for a week. "I can't get away for that long," says Connecticut motivational speaker Ronni Burns, 47, who gets a massage and facial twice a month. "I find that much relaxing stressful." Joan Haratani, an attorney who soaks in a whirlpool and gets a massage once a week at Oakland's Claremont Hotel, explains, "I don't consider it a luxury. It's an absolute necessity...