Word: barnful
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Instead of taking the race out at a barn-burning pace like we usually do, Edward and I let the Yalies set the pace early on," Martin said. "Three miles into the race, feeling relaxed, we made a strong move and laid the proverbial smack down on the Bulldogs...
...barn door is finally being bolted. On Wednesday, more than 100 Japanese police officers swooped down on the nuclear facility near Tokyo that was the scene last week of the country's worst-ever atomic accident. Meanwhile, the government was reportedly planning to revoke the license of the JCO company, which runs the Tokaimura plant. The criminal investigation stems from the fact that the accident ? reportedly caused by eight times the normal amount of uranium being added to a chemical mix ? occurred when workers were following a safety manual illegally revised by the company to allow the transfer of nuclear...
...nailed down the idea (an online bridal registry), the VC (Kleiner Perkins), the hiring (15 to 70 employees in six months) and the buzz (everybody in the Valley has heard of Della & James). But there are some twists: their office is more Pottery Barn than grunge. The ambitious geeks didn't bother to graduate Stanford. And they're not geeks; they're two well-adjusted married women...
...Thorpe lives in a house he built using materials from an old barn, 10 miles from the nearest town, on a hill overlooking the Appalachians. And as for his status as a Harvard student, "lots of people know but nobody cares," he says...
...think the people who collect checks over at the Republican Party would be having a terrific summer. After all, the money is coming in like bats to a barn at daybreak. In the first half of the year, the party hauled in $29.4 million in "soft money"--unlimited contributions that are used for getting out the vote, putting "issue" ads on the air and covering other big expenses. That's about 45% more than the party raised in the same period four years ago. Isn't it time to pour the margaritas, toast the revving economy and give thanks...