Word: midnight
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...spent nights with friends in Davenport, his residential college, perfecting a game he invented called "squash hockey." Using fireplace grates as goals, Bush and his friends would play hockey in Davenport's downstairs squash courts, "whacking" a tennis ball around the courts in the hours after midnight...
Because of the nature of a college student's schedule, the first meal eaten is often lunch, the second dinner, and by midnight the student is feeling hunger pains again. Dining halls could prepare healthy snacks so students don't resort to pizza runs to silence the grumbles of their stomachs. Many dining halls are already open into the night for soda and cereal, something we appreciate, and many House committees have worked with dining services to provide late-night snacks...
...popular "hurry up and wait" quip was funny when we arrived last night at midnight; it is already a meaningless hash of a clich?.? Processing tasks generally take about 15 minutes, and occur at the rate of perhaps three a day. Today was the issuing of Army t-shirts and a laundry bag, the taking of blood and the X-raying of teeth.? Tomorrow, we hear, will be haircuts and dealing with pay issues, possibly even the issuing of BDUs (fatigues). Standing in line for chow takes hours. Standing with the platoon at parade rest: more hours. We stand...
...ISSUE] If the lights go out at the stroke of midnight on New Year's Eve, who gets sued? The bill in Congress proposed to limit corporate liability for Y2K computer bugs...
...American Bandstand host who has virtually cornered the market on TV specials, including the annual 90-min. New Year's fest, is being downsized to make room for daylong ABC News coverage of the millennial turnover, anchored by PETER JENNINGS. President Clinton is expected to address the nation near midnight, potentially bumping other programming off the airwaves. Clark--who has been host of New Year's Eve specials for the past 27 years--is still scheduled to count down the traditional ball drop in Times Square, but he won't be producing entertainment segments. "I've been relieved of those...