Word: ages
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Because of the age of the University there wasa lot going on here earlier than at other places.You wouldn't find the same strength and depth atother institutions. There is a huge confluence ofresources that has evolved here over time," shesaid...
...once on the committee, many describe theprocess as egalitarian--even a bondingexperience--where all members work together despitewide age and power differentials, putting in longhours to find the best master for the House...
...hours each day, five days a week, for nine years, and is now polishing a 1,200-page draft. His only brush with formal training was a class 12 years ago at San Francisco State, and he taught himself to type before retiring at age 55 from his job producing instructional material for the Social Security Administration. He studied the writing craft by reading entire shelvesful of books and points to Marcel Proust's masterpiece, Remembrance of Things Past, as inspiration...
...face of Serb resistance would be bloody. Mountainous Balkan terrain makes for tougher fighting than Iraq's wide open deserts; Serbs would hold the high ground, including passes too narrow for tanks; mines salt the few roads and bridges. Such pitfalls loom large for officers who came of age in Vietnam. "Part of contingency planning," a Pentagon colonel says, "is looking at options and ruling them...
NAME: Rosa ("Bus-ta") Parks OCCUPATION: Civil rights elder stateswoman AGE: 85 BEST PUNCH: Claims OutKast exploited her by using her name without permission for a song titled Rosa Parks. Though her name was used only for the song's title, not its lyrics, Parks is asking for it to be removed from all OutKast products...