Word: flatted
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...operation in which the allies are cooperating. And undercover is the accurate word; they are digging a tunnel in the Russian sector to pick up Soviet signals. Leonard loves his work. After living a cramped life in Tottenham, he relishes the rooms "big as meadows" in his government-issue flat and the hip manners of his co-workers. He soon learns that "you did not speak to people unless their work was relevant to yours. The procedure evolved, partly . . . out of a concern for security and partly out of a certain virile cult of competence...
...soon as the line on the heart monitor went flat, Kevorkian called the police. Though he claims he never wanted publicity, he took center stage last week in a media barrage that ricocheted from Crossfire to Nightline, Good Morning America to Geraldo. Describing his device as "humane, dignified and painless" -- and his critics as "brainwashed ethicists" or "religious nuts" -- Kevorkian insisted that he wanted only to help patients in distress. "My biggest enemies," he says, "are the medical organizations because the independent doctors tell me they are behind me, but they can't speak...
...interview with the Crimson, Wilson would not say flat out whether she supported or opposed the creation of a women's center. Wilson would only go so far as to say that the issues behind the students' proposals--mainly the need for a stronger women's community--are significant...
...particularly no one at NBC, seems to know exactly how to turn Today around. But there is a fellow in Florida who saved the show from a ratings disaster once, in 1953, and he is willing to try again. Like Garagiola, he is not a flat-belly, perfect-teeth kind of guy; but, at 38, J. Fred Muggs, the world's most famous chimpanzee, remains a crowd pleaser. "People like him because he's unpredictable and natural," says his trainer, Bud Mennella. "That show needs a spark, and Muggs has it." One thing is for certain: he couldn't hurt...
...reached new all-time highs on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. After a drop of 12 points on Friday, the Dow closed at 2819.91, up 18 for the week. But the gaiety was muted by the fact that broader market gauges, including Standard & Poor's index of 500 stocks, remained flat throughout the week and have shown little growth all year...