Word: rechristened
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Wayne Huizenga, Blockbuster chairman and Viacom ally in the Paramount takeover war. Now backpedaling from merger with Viacom. Has announced plans for a Florida sports-and-entertainment complex to rival Disney World; now Disney may launch a friendly takeover bid for Blockbuster. Wants to rechristen Miami's Joe Robbie Stadium, which he owns 50% of, Blockbuster Stadium. The Robbie family is resisting...
That Gutenberg contraption has done nothing but cause eyestrain. Why not banish all these from Lamont entirely-and rechristen it: Luddite Library...
...country toward the future. When the Russians went to war against Germany in 1914, the city's Teutonic appellation suddenly became politically incorrect. Emperor Nicholas II's solution was to Russify the name, making it Petrograd. So it remained until 1924, when Lenin died, prompting the Bolshevik government to rechristen the city in his honor. It was there, after all, that worker revolts paved the way for the communist uprising...