Word: breaking
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...planned to break ground last October so we could finish the gym in time for the beginning of the Radcliffe Centennial this September. May be now we can dedicate it by commencement next year, at the end of the centennial," Wolfman added...
...Some people use it as a quick upper during the day. "I carry a bottle of it with me all the time," says Ron Braun, 28, a California carpenter. "If I'm bored and want a rush, I take a sniff. It's a short break during...
...premiers and to choose the moment for calling national elections. For that reason, the Christian Democrats were reluctant to surrender their hold on the office to another party. Beyond that, they felt that Pertini was being "imposed" on them by the ambitious Socialist leader Bettino Craxi. While negotiations to break the impasse continued behind closed doors, the electors went through 15 inconclusive ballots, with the proceedings broadcast on national television. Although Pertini was their compromise candidate, the Communists on early ballots cast symbolic votes for a favorite son, Party Elder Giorgio Amendola; by the end of the election...
Borg scored five aces and 19 outright winners on his whistling serve; Connors was able to break service but once in twelve games. With Connors rocked back on his heels by the Swede's boomers, Borg, who normally takes root at the baseline and whittles away with topspin ground-strokes, moved to the net to volley Jimmy's returns. Until recently, the sight of Borg at the net was as rare as, say, a display of good manners by Ilie Nastase. But Borg charged to the front court frequently and effectively in his semifinal with The Netherlands...
...adherence to certain papers, pens, inks is beneficial . The more circumspectly you delay writing down an idea, the more maturely developed it will be on surrendering itself. Speech conquers thought, but writing commands it ... Never stop writing because you have run out of ideas. Literary honor requires that one break off only at an appointed moment . . . Avoid everyday mediocrity. Semirelaxation, to a background of insipid sounds, is degrading." Benjamin ends his list with "The work is the death mask of its conception...