Word: climb
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...year was a big uphill climb," Harvard Co-Captain Cindi Ersek said. "We had a tough first week of the season, and we climbed up. We came back from behind in a lot of games. We worked really hard...
...backlash of sorts against childlessness may have already begun: the birth rate among college-educated women 20 to 24 years old is beginning to climb. Nonetheless, the decision to have or not to have children is a profound one. Says Yankelovich: "Society is accepting childlessness, but some women question whether they have violated a biological law." Most childless adults who have deliberately made the choice enjoy their freedom with few misgivings. But some of those who find themselves sitting on the fence may have already made a decision they did not intend to make...
...boat and join the pirates." As writer of the main story in this week's cover package on the burgeoning Disney empire, Koepp was able to revisit Disneyland and Pirates of the Caribbean, and, of course, childhood. He reports, "Once more, I wanted to climb out and join the pirates...
...them alone. But the company's weakened condition gave Roy Disney the leverage he needed to push for a new slate of leaders. One of his informal advisers had been Frank Wells, a former vice chairman of Warner Bros., who had taken time out from show business to climb the highest mountain on each of the seven continents (he had to turn back 3,000 ft. below the summit of Mount Everest, the only one to frustrate his ambition). Wells clearly had the right stuff, especially as a financial man, but his most emphatic advice to Roy Disney...
...army said Khalil Jaber Hamzway, 18, was electrocuted when soldiers ordered him to climb a utility pole and remove a flag in the Askar refugee camp near Nablus...