Word: correctives
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...correct on at least one count--insisting that the compulsively secretive University administration release the results of its probe and provide documentation clearing Gomes' name. We cannot simply accept their word that Gomes did nothing improper in running the church...
...with any business, sometimes the match-making just doesn't work out. when a nanny seems to be a "mistake" for a particular family, says Rogers, "I drop everything else and correct it. I get another girl, and fast...
...visual equivalent of the opening line of a not-very-politically-correct joke--the kind that begins: "There were three men, an Englishmen, an Australian and an Irishman..." This is a fairly good indication of what follows: the plot of this play comes across as a bizarre, facetious practical joke, with more than its fair share of one-liners...
Betters receive points for every correct prediction, and if they advance to the upper rounds, they receive more points, according to Sipe...
...class of Britons, brought up without an elite schooling or the right accent. Britain has had leaders of humble origins before, but next week's election is a milestone. For the first time, none of the chief standard-bearers are products of those ancient mills of correct breeding, Oxford and Cambridge. Of the Cinderellas awaiting the nation's hand, moreover, none looks likelier to dance all night than a newcomer accustomed to combat boots...