Word: betterment
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Before I use every nonexistent positive from of a negative word known to man, I'd better get to the point. I want a new team. A team I could die for, and call Sportsphone for, and skip "60 Minutes" for if it went into...
Maritza was fidgety, withdrawn and reticent as usual, and we didn't accomplish much. Her Mama screamed admonitions from the kitchen, telling her she'd better not think about dropping out, as her 12-year-old sister did once...
Wilkinson, who has also written books about police work on Cape Cod and moonshine enforcement in North Carolina, finds and displays much genuine cause for outrage here, but he also brings back a richer, more complex story than he seems willing to acknowledge. Better pay and treatment from the growers might improve the cutters' lot, but nothing will ameliorate the reality of harvesting cane by hand. It is boring, backbreaking work, carried out in oppressive heat, surrounded by the dangers of poisonous snakes, fire ants and whirling, razor-sharp scythes. Some of those who suffer these miseries take pride...
...Baker announced from the outset that he intended to be the President's man at State and not State's man at the White House. If U.S. foreign policy lacks vision, the shortcoming may stem less from Baker than from Bush, who reacts better than he anticipates...
Take the matter of conditioning. American players usually start formal training about five weeks before the season begins, continue a medium dose of exercise for the first half of the year and tail off to conserve strength as the season wanes. The Japanese approach firmly states that more is better. In mid-January, three months before opening day, teams hold a "voluntary" winter training camp. Everyone attends. By February they are practicing seven hours a day and participating in evening strategy sessions. During the season teams report at 2 p.m. for a four-hour drill before a night game...