Word: boundingly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...planned move to Connecticut, in the final analysis, the owner simply couldn't take the chance that the new location would detract from the team's fan base. Bostonians would be hesitant to drive the couple of hours to see the team play, especially if they are not playoff-bound...
...cash, Antonio must borrow it from the Jewish moneylender Shylock. Shylock agrees to lend him the sum for three months but demands as his bond a pound of Antonio's flesh. A contract is drawn up, signed and sealed, and misery descends on both parties. The mutual hatred bound up in a loan under the laws of Venice boils over. Shylock's daughter Jessica falls in love with the Christian Lorenzo and abandons her father. As reports trickle in that Antonio's ships are all lost at sea, Shylock becomes more and more wrapped up in his desire for vengeance...
NATO has reacted with a forthright apology and expression of "deep regret." This may not placate the Chinese, but given the circumstances, it is the best NATO can do. In times of war, such unintended mishaps are bound to occur. The inevitability of such incidents makes them no less tragic, but it is important not to inflate the significance of such events out of proportion...
After that addictive, mind-altering experience, I'm surprised to find Josh doubting that violent video games can have ill effects on children. While our daughters have so far shown little interest in the muscle-bound assassins that populate their dad's beloved Tekken 2 disc, several neighborhood boys play at our house and sit mesmerized by the game, kickboxing their way across the screen. Then they go outside to practice head slams...
Combine concern over salmonella food poisoning, fear that the arsenal of antibiotics may be losing its potency, and positive research over the potential of a genetic solution -- and a study published on Friday in the journal Science was bound to catch attention. The work of researchers at the University of California at Santa Barbara, the study revealed that removing or inactivating a gene called DAM in a certain strain of salmonella disabled the bacteria?s ability to cause disease in mice. The altered bacteria also went on to act like a vaccine, apparently activating the mouse?s immune system...