Word: combs
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Beverly Police Capt. Gordon Richards said yesterday that a group of 25 volunteer divers will begin to comb the bottom of Wenham Lake, located north of the city, as early as Monday...
...capitol press room. Some show an appealing honesty. "Before I give you the benefit of my remarks," intoned one lawmaker, "I'd like to know what we're talking about." Others mangle metaphors. "From now on, I'm watching everything you do with a fine-tooth comb." Some don't add up at all. "Two and two don't make four in my book." Then there are the sayings that show a bit too much Freudian slip. "There comes a time to put principle aside and do what's right," goes one quote...
...know you should probably take some time and shop along Newbury St., comb the Square, maybe go to Filene's. You give it some thought, and then return to your senses. You head to the bookstore. It's going to be another literary holiday for the relatives...
...have no evidence of foul play. but we have to look at every aspect," eehan said, adding that skin divers will comb the marsh today or tomorrow...
McCue, however, picks his eight staff members "with a fine-toothed comb, so the ship will remain clean." "They are unbelievably dedicated to helping us," says one resident. Resisting a new trend towards professionalism--doctors and social scientists are often more respected than those who have had practical experience in the field--he continues to hire ex-addicts. This way, because former users are slowly assimilated back into socially productive roles, drug rehabilitation establishes itself as a valuable service, refuting the common attitude that it is "just a waste of the taxpayers' money." Unlike Third Nail, which is open...