Word: brokenly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...heroes in that magical year of 1984; later, I graduated to the Bad Boys and Hammertime bandwagons; today, I am a proud member of G.R.O.W. (Get Rid of Wayne), an underground organization seeking the ouster of the bumbling buffoon-cum-football coach Wayne "I Know my leg isn't broken, but I'm wearing this cast for good luck" Fontes...
Rower John Riley, one of the favorites to represent the U.S. in single sculls, lost his chance to make the Olympic team after he suffered a broken left collarbone in an auto accident the night before the finals. Riley, 32, had been a member of two previous Olympic teams but retired after the world championships in 1994 and became a coach. Last year, however, he launched a comeback in hopes of reaching an unfulfilled goal: finally winning an Olympic medal...
...Harvard account (which I have because of my work with the Council for Responsible Genetics) was broken into by someone who had seen me type in my password, and although my Harvard account is rarely used for personal communication, such is the nature of Dan's and my correspondence that whenever one of us are faced with a means of communication, we seize upon...
Even those who disdain the American system admit now their own is badly broken. President Jacques Chirac of France, who hosted a jobs summit last week of the seven rich industrial countries, called for a "third path" between the too cozy welfare state and the "precarious" U.S. labor market. Taking the American approach immediately is simply not an option. "Any political party that tried would run into a cultural wall upholding public service, entitlements, paid vacations and so forth," says Jean-Marie Chevalier, a University of Paris economics professor. "They'd be kicked...
...Clearly when people are talking about the strides the council has made, that's an indicator of change. We've simply broken the mold," Hyman says...