Word: accomplishing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Zealand, Lorraine Elizabeth Downes, 19, is proclaimed Miss Universe. The alien reads the data sheet Downes filled out before the competition. "Occupation: model. Hobbies: dance, regular workouts at gym, swimming, tennis, jogging. Life ambition: to strive for a good quality of life, and to be appreciative of what I accomplish in my life." He attends a press conference in the bedroom of a hotel suite the next morning. In her pink nightie and with her eggs Benedict cooling in front of her, Miss Universe describes her plans for the future (assisted by the estimated $150,000 in cash and prizes...
...half Martina has been the best women's tennis player; for ten years Evert Lloyd has defined what that means. "It was always normal for me to live up to my seeding," Chris says, without complaining, though there must be a particular hurt in having always to accomplish that much before ever accomplishing anything. "I expected it from myself. I am a perfectionist...
...ruling: "The Supreme Court decision will give the Reagan proposal a constitutional green light only if it is broadened to include public as well as private school parents." The Senate Finance Committee has already turned down an amendment that would have remodeled the Reagan-backed proposal to accomplish just that. After last week's decision, Minnesota Republican David Durenberger announced that he would reoffer the amendment...
...scientific review could delay the project. Keyworth is correct in his efforts to try and galvanize U.S. scientific efforts toward competition with the country's military and economic foes and to do that as soon as possible. However, that goal and scientific peer review are not mutually exclusive. To accomplish both goals, Keyworth might want to set up a more expeditious screening process for large projects he deems of national security, but it is important that there be some non-partisan scientific oversight before these funds are disbursed...
...pregnancy than it is at viability or afterward." (In a footnote, Powell rebukes this reasoning as a disguised attempt to overturn the 1973 decision. "The dissent stops short of arguing flatly that Roe should be overruled," he wrote. "Rather, it adopts reasoning that, for all practical purposes, would accomplish precisely that result...