Word: spotting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...beautifully remote waterway in western Tasmania, without sign of civilization. Suddenly, near the river's headwaters, he heard the racket of construction equipment -- jackhammers, drilling barges, bulldozers and helicopters. They were about to build a dam that would have destroyed everything Brown had just seen. "I decided on the spot that the preventive medicine I should be involved in was the conservation movement," says Brown, 45. He dropped his medical practice and joined the Tasmanian Wilderness Society, which had taken on the state power commission in what became Australia's biggest environmental battle...
...Crimson can beat the speedy Wolverines, it will nail down a spot at the national tournament to be held in two weeks at Brown. Otherwise, Harvard will have to put on a strong showing against the lower seeds in order to earn an at-large bid to the nationals...
...Antonio* 53 26 8 x-Dallas 44 35 17 Denver 41 38 20 Houston 40 39 21 Seattle 39 40 22 Golden State* 35 44 26 L.A. Clippers* 30 49 31 Sacramento 23 57 38.5 Minnesota 22 57 39 Charlotte* 18 61 43 x=clinched playoff spot *=not including late game...
...yesterday, on the spot where George Washington first took command of the Continental army, the outward signs of patriotism were all there. The veterans put on their uniforms once again and held their flags aloft. A taped band played martial airs, and the military cannon was fired once again...
...commercial upbraids consumers: "We're tired of taking your crap! If we fold, you'll have no damn phones!" A Porsche ad promises male owners instant sex. And a United Airlines spot boasts, "Most of our passengers get there alive!" In the new Paramount film, Crazy People, the advertising copywriter who pens these lines is committed to an insane asylum. Since this is Hollywood, though, the writer, played by Dudley Moore, soon becomes the hottest property on Madison Avenue and falls in love with Daryl Hannah...