Word: countdowns
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...truth is she's hawk-eyed about every detail. Before Gore was to go out, the MTV team did a few one-on-ones with him in a hallway for other shows. MTV correspondent John Norris started to position Gore for a Q&A for the hit music countdown show "Total Request Live." As he did, Schiff, in black pants, red tank top and black-and-white sheer overshirt, stepped out of the dressing room. Her eyes popped as she saw the camera light go on and she made a beeline for an MTV staffer. Did we know about this...
...them, the only sport of the Games is hunting pins-small badges decorated with cartoon characters, flags or corporate logos. With the keen eyes of marksmen, these self-described pinheads can spot a quality pin at 50 paces; some boast collections of 60,000 or more. "I specialize in 'countdown' pins," says 17-year-old Sydneysider Nicholas Howard, glancing around furtively as he unzips the black acrylic display case chained and padlocked to his body. He shows off a "1,000 Days to Go" pin he says is worth $300, then flips through the case, pointing...
...Final Countdown - Europe 2. Blowing In the Wind - Bob Dylan 3. Unchained Melody - Everly Brothers 4. Longer - Dan Fogelberg 5. Bitter Sweet Symphony - The Verve 6. Any Dream Will Do - Lloyd Webber/Rice (from "Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat") 7. Zombie - The Cranberries 8. Eternal Flame - Bangles 9. Jailhouse Rock - Elvis Presley 10. The Sounds of Silence - Simon and Garfunkel...
...provided cake and lemonade and coffee (lots of coffee), and entertainment by a magician in a cape and wizard's hat. All of the employees of the store were in costume as characters from the book. Just before midnight, the manager climbed up on a table to lead the "countdown." Right at the stroke of twelve, employees started opening boxes and passing books into the outstretched hands of hundreds of children and adults. It's wonderful to see so many kids so excited about a book. Many of them opened the book and started reading immediately, curled up in chairs...
...knows the type of rocket launching the target as well as the nature of the target; it knows how powerful the rocket's engine is, where it is coming from and when it is being launched. The crew launching the interceptor will even get to listen in on the countdown of the warhead's rocket as it takes place. All that is valuable intelligence--and much, if not all of it, would be denied to the U.S. if a rogue state decided to strike. Such advantages "place significant limitations" on the value of the test, says Philip Coyle, the Pentagon...