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Word: abysses (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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When Liemandt and his buddies realized that they would have to raise their own money they decided "to jump into the abyss...

Author: By Sarah E. Henrickson, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Founder of Trilogy Speaks About His Career | 10/31/1997 | See Source »

...acted in my best interests, the decision and its impact were presented so coldly and disinterestedly that it almost became the final straw that pushed me to suicide. Only a serendipitous e-mail note from a friend, urging me not to "let them win" pulled me back from the abyss. In the end, the only official body which addressed my condition nearly killed me in the process...

Author: By Jeremy R. Jenkins, | Title: Blind Ego | 10/15/1997 | See Source »

When Malick gives concrete notes, he tends to speak in metaphors as singular as the images in his films. He talks about the "green poison of war," and instructed one actor to play a scene like "a squid being thrown up on the beach from the abyss." On the other hand, the stage directions in his script could be dauntingly airy for an actor: "Fife's terror passes gradually over into a longing for life and peace." How do you play that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TERRENCE MALICK: HIS OWN SWEET TIME | 10/13/1997 | See Source »

...riding a two game win streak the team treks into the abyss of New Haven where it cannot merely progress. They must excel...

Author: By Mike Volonnino, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: M. Soccer Tackles Yale | 9/26/1997 | See Source »

Coming from a loving family of seven kids, she seemingly had it all, but the one thing she lacked was self-confidence. Trapped within an abyss of bulimia and self-image problems, Pena felt as if she had nothing...

Author: By Rebecca A. Blaeser, | Title: Musselman, Pena Headline Women's Health Symposium | 4/24/1997 | See Source »

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