Word: ages
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...walkingaround the computer labs telling people to puttheir drinks away, but it really does make theequipment age earlier. All it takes is one can ofsoda and you lose a $50 keyboard," he says...
...supply-demand imbalance is testimony to the dire need ACE was created to meet. Its volunteer force of 110 must cope with an age 85-plus population that at last count totaled 18,541--a 92% surge since 1990. It is also testimony to the vision of ACE's founder, Leonard M. Friedman, 84, a former attorney and a retired associate justice of the California court of appeal...
...gradually becomes clear that the complaints of the Israelites are not subsiding. At one point they even whine that they are bored with manna. Ever more frequently, God culls their ungrateful ranks with fire or plague; and eventually he rules that they shall die of old age in the desert, and only their children, untainted by prior servitude, may attain the Promised Land...
...legislator, humor in the defense of politics is no vice. On the other hand, it can take you only so far in national politics. Just ask Bob Dole, a genuinely funny man. And just ask Morris Udall, the 30-year congressman and presidential wannabe who died Sunday at the age of 76 after a long battle with Parkinson's disease. His quick, self-deprecating wit helped Udall make it through a series of disappointments while trying for higher office, including a disastrous attempt at the Democratic presidential nomination in 1976. A story Udall told for years afterward had the eager...
...successfully revved up this potentially haggard drama, even though the scandalous plot alone might not have raised an eyebrow in this age of steamy soap operas and histrionic performances. Through a combination of script translation by Paul Schmidt, directing talents of Liz Diamond and the acting prowess of the entire cast, this production of Phaedra is noteworthy for its modernity and multidimensional symbolism...