Word: catches
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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MOSCOW ON ICE HOLIDAY SPECTACULAR. If you can stand the culture shock, drop by Donald Trump's glitzy Taj Mahal Casino, with its neo-Indian domes and portals, and catch this breathtaking ice-skating gala by a prizewinning troupe of Soviet athletes in dazzling exotic costumes. In Atlantic City, through...
...true populist movement, a broad-based eruption of concern noteworthy for the absence of charismatic leaders. Ordinary citizens have begun to see the connection between environmental issues and their own welfare. Now it is time for political leaders to translate public concern into effective global action. Eventually deeds must catch up with environmental rhetoric, or humanity will learn the hard way that a healthy planet is not a luxury but a necessity...
...with their ability to learn, contend teachers, who say they are confronting more and more draggy pupils, even in elementary school. Sleepy youngsters are arriving late to class, forgetting assignments, moving at a snail's pace from task to task, and sometimes dropping their head on their desk to catch a few winks...
...loss than the U.S., it may be Japan. Officeworkers in Tokyo often commute for an hour or more, arriving at their desks at 9 a.m. and staying until 8 p.m. or later. Then they go out to eat and drink with colleagues, an essential part of the job, and catch the last train home at midnight. Workers get only 113 days off a year, compared with Americans' 134 and Germans' 145. Exhausted Japanese can be seen sleeping everywhere: on subways and trains, in elevators, at concerts and baseball games, and during business meetings. The usual apology: "Well...
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