Word: breath
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...displayed as never before a splendid gift for conversation, for friendship (I knew him a little), for teaching (he was a professor for years at the University of South Carolina) and for fatherhood. It was in that last period--his once massive and muscular body shrunken, gasping for breath because of a fibrosis of the lungs--that James and Christopher Dickey drew together after years of estrangement and that Christopher began writing Summer of Deliverance...
...balance Gingrich has had a difficult time finding. When the Lewinsky story broke in January, the Speaker showed surprising restraint given his lashings during earlier Clinton scandals. "I think we should all take a deep breath and wait for the facts," he advised with statesmanlike solemnity...
...should a dog, a horse, a rat, have life, and thou no breath at all? --King Lear...
...sessions to distinguishing names and faces. A final round question in the game of "Peaceful Jeopardy" which we played at the beginning of second semester was, "What steps can you take to keep conflicts from escalating?" The contestants of both teams had quick answers. "Communicate, listen, take a deep breath...
...important," says Mutiso, "it allows Abubakar to keep control while the military decides whether to field its own candidate. But the nine-month timetable also gives the opposition time to get organized before an election." In other words, Abubakar's time-out will allow both sides to catch their breath...