Word: across
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...came across on the left wing trying to make the goalie make a move," Bala said. "I had a good angle and switched to my backhand and put the puck through the five hole...
...really, George, call me Steve.... During their first real debate Monday night in Phoenix, the GOP presidential hopefuls came across like salesmen at a convention competing for their boss's attention but avoiding any overt aggression. In broad agreement on issues of taxes and foreign policy, they even kept their criticisms of one another plausibly constructive, and that left the audience once again to make their choice on the basis of style...
...tubal ligations, it is imperative that these teachings be balanced with the medical needs of the community. Other health systems have found creative solutions to accommodate both women's health needs and the church's position--through an independent provider or separate funding source. Without practical alternatives, women across America could be left without the affordable reproductive health care that is the most basic to women during their child-bearing years. ALEXANDER C. SANGER, PRESIDENT Planned Parenthood New York City...
CUTTHROAT In an effort to shut out unsportsmanlike taunting, the NFL sent letters to team owners last week banning the latest form of players' celebration--drawing a hand across the throat after stuffing the other team. The offending move, shown by the Packers' Brett Favre (1), among others, is hardly the first. Every few years, the league clamps down on what it considers over-the-top, nasty player displays. Here are a few of the infamous...
...increasing number of cities across the U.S. have uncorked a revolutionary way to improve student performance (drum roll...): make sure they go to school. With a National Education Goals Panel report released last week declaring that the nation is behind schedule in its stated aim to improve schooling, mayors across the country are concluding that you can't learn much or graduate if you don't show up. Thus, more and more cities are taking a get-tough approach to battling poor performance - and arresting kids who play hooky. While the approach is too new to claim major academic victories...