Word: way
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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People looked at the searing photograph of a U.S. federal agent taking a young boy at gun point and asked, "How did it get to this?" Briefly, here's how: in late 1999, a small boat sank while making its perilous way from Cuba to Florida. Six-year-old Elian Gonzalez's mother and 10 other refugees drowned. Elian was picked up by two fishermen as he floated in an inner tube off Florida's coast. The boy had relatives in Miami, and they took him in. Immediately, debate flared over whether Elian should stay...
...same-sex couples to enter into "civil unions." Everyone involved knew there was a fire storm of protest coming; even some supporters of the bill took pains to insist that the state had not become the first in the land to license gay marriage. But it sure looked that way as civil-union partners were guaranteed a laundry list of rights--in areas of child custody, family leave, inheritance, insurance--traditionally reserved for the traditionally wed. "This is really very emotional," said gay-rights advocate Paula Ettelbrick after the Vermont House said, "We do." Soon bells were ringing for Declan...
...rest of the country where, once embraced, it is unsentimentally dismissed by its original champions. So while the first half of the year was dominated by "ladylike" dressing, the prim skirt-and-sweater sets of demure eras past, the latter half celebrated all things leather. Along the way, women dallied with python skin, revived the Pucci print and fell victim to a mania for garments festooned with logos...
...pinball machine, and ever more advanced handheld gadgets debuted at a dizzying speed. As the year progressed, those who didn't crave or couldn't indulge a moment's isolation began connecting to the Internet through cell phones or to instant-messaging systems via the BlackBerry two-way pager...
Gwen Verdon 75 Broadway hoofer high-kicked her way to four Tonys...