Word: beg
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Vicky has dark hair, with bangs that run to her eyebrows. Her face swings with her moods, from glee to disdain, from fatigue to excitement. She usually grins broadly but rolls her eyes and sighs when you forget your ID and beg her to punch in your number. When Vicky is rested, she looks young and jokes with you. When she's tired, her eyes puff up and she complains about almost anything. Her daughter, Katerina, who's nine, has the same dark hair, expressive face and uninhibited demeanor. "I was the same as her growing up," Vicky said, "okay...
...Your next door neighbor, dressed in a white sheet with cut-out eye-holes, will beg for mini-snickers...
...year-old Carolyn Cross of Palo Alto, Calif., shopping online is way cooler than your average trip to the mall, and for one very important reason: "You don't have to get your parents to drive you, which they, like, never do," she says. Carolyn's dad Peter might beg to differ about that, but he does agree that letting Carolyn make purchases at RocketCash, an e-commerce site designed for teens, makes things easier on the family. "Carolyn gets to feel in control, but I feel good 'cause her shopping is limited to certain stores and certain amounts," Cross...
...anyone can prove it's possible to try too hard, it's Gore. And if anyone can prove the counterargument--that a cool new paradigm is emerging this year--it may be Bradley, the candidate who seems not to be trying at all. He is too proud to beg. When he asked for votes at Dartmouth, here's how it came out: "I would hope you'd feel that I would be your candidate." And if not, he can live with that...
...point lead. Last week, with that lead thinning in New Hampshire, he pretended to regret blowing off a G.O.P. candidates' forum, but no one believed him. The other candidates are getting the message. At the forum, when Steve Forbes made his pitch for votes, he said, "I would beg you." Then he corrected himself: "I ask for your support...