Word: brokenly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...over. The Soviet Union has disintegrated from a monolithic superpower into a collection of various semi-democratic states. No more nuclear missiles in Russia are targeted at U.S. cities. Presidents no longer speak ominously of the "Evil Empire," and popular movies no longer include Russian villians who speak in broken English...
Without the AFDC payment, Crosby says, she would not be able to see her son or participate in his care--taxis are too expensive and trains and buses are often not wheelchair-accessible. Buses with broken wheelchair lifts have stranded her in the street many times, she says...
...urge the administration, with all our heart, to spare these unfortunate products of a broken home the ruthless and arbitrary judgements of the Ad Board. All they wanted was to watch a little Beavis and Butthead. Have mercy, good sirs...
...hear daily of the trials of the middle-aged. They write to us of downsizing owes, of ailing parents and of swelling prostrates. Even the more marginal among the 40-somethings, the artists and the gays, write about their problems. They tell us of desiccated circles of friends and broken-down coteries. These memories, for all theeir variety, tend to linger on families of one sort or another...
...deathly silence was broken, the Brown crowd exploded. That would be the last straw for the Harvard men's water polo team--its season was finally over...