Word: avid
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...table in the living room of his Bangalore bungalow. There, neatly laid out, are his laptop, transceivers and an assortment of amateur radio equipment. His physical movements may be limited, but by using his mouth to manipulate a set of three sticks to work his laptop, Kohli, an avid ham operator, can change the direction and height of the four massive antennas on his roof and communicate with the world...
...Tour, after reading the very careful majority opinion written by avid golfer Justice John Paul Stevens (presumably, at his age, a riding man), is with the 28-year-old in the cart: This is about Casey Martin, and only Casey Martin...
Concerned that Universal Global risked becoming a depository for the least motivated students, the district paid $8,500 in 1997 to bring in an acclaimed, privately developed program called AVID. It places C students in the most rigorous courses available, then gives them the support necessary to succeed, including an extra class period each day devoted to individual tutoring. All of Fox's 90 AVID students now plan to go to college. Senior Precious Wright, 18, was forced to move to Kansas after her grandmother, with whom she had been living, died last year. Wright was afraid that without...
...leader," says Carp, a tall, hulking, 30-year Kodak veteran and an avid hoops player who took over the helm from George Fisher more than a year ago. "You trust your memories to a brand synonymous with pictures...
Each of these characters tells his story to an avid listener: Randy to the hitman (Michael Douglas, who also produced the movie) he has hired to rid himself of Jewel; Dehling to his brother (Richard Jenkins), who is a priest; Carl to a psychiatrist (Reba McEntire)--wow, this is a well-cast movie. But none of them can do much more than offer sympathy for the poor dopes' entrapments. For what is possibly the funniest thing about McCool's is how easily the men fall into Jewel's clutches...