Word: collection
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...once the federal government is going to produce a document that won't collect dust on library shelves. Sometime between now and the end of this month, the report of independent counsel Kenneth Starr is expected to be sent to Congress, where it will promptly explode. Washington is bracing itself for a text unlike anything it has ever handled, with interludes that describe, in all too fascinating detail, half a dozen or more anatomical engagements between Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky. Depending on how vivid it is, Starr's report could be the closest thing to pornography ever issued...
Perhaps that makes Tom Zachary a more appropriate historical analogue. In 19 big-league seasons with six teams, Zachary won 186 games and managed to collect two World Series rings, one with the Washington Senators in 1924 and one with the storied St. Louis Cardinals in 1926. But Zachary's best-known feat remains tossing the hanger Babe Ruth hit for number...
When the speech ended, I hoped that Larry King would call on someone else first. He did. I sat there and tried to collect my thoughts, but I couldn't hide my disappointment...
...about exchange rates, though. The IMF has been pumping billions into Russia on the proviso that much needed reforms will be rammed through. Moscow asked for even more money a few days before devaluing, but the IMF finally said no. Russia now must figure out how to collect taxes more aggressively from corporations, banks and individuals. The government cannot survive by taking in less revenue than it expects and trying to balance the budget by slashing spending. If it follows that course, millions of unpaid teachers, soldiers and government employees will never get the months of back salary owed them...
...WINNER! About 500 people accepted our challenge two weeks ago to write a parody of a nursery rhyme that dealt with a subject in the news. In a close competition, Cheryl Georgeson of Lincoln, Neb., prevailed, and will collect a coveted Notebook T shirt. Her entry parodied "Mary Had a Little Lamb...