Word: crackly
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...take it all desperately seriously and there would be lots of heaving of bosoms and moppings of brows. And I think in what I do and what they call chick-lit, everyone doesn't take life quite so seriously. Everybody's a lot more wry or ironic or will crack a joke rather than have their bosom heave...
...series of unexplained military maneuvers around Moscow last fall fueled rumors that the army had used scare tactics to pressure Gorbachev. A much repeated story speaks of a tense meeting of the Communist Party Politburo at which the President was forced to back away from economic reform and crack down on separatism...
...first crack at GP2, the training ground for Formula One, Hamilton dominated the 2006 season. And hitting the world's premier driving circuit hasn't reduced his momentum - or his appetite for risky maneuvers. Hamilton is "not worried about showing what he's used to doing just because it's Formula One," says Hill...
...they reside in the past. The present Harvard program is one of mediocrity—teams that barely crack .500, way behind Penn and Princeton in the Ivy standings...
...just didn’t go our way.”“Princeton is a very disciplined team,” he added. “We knew that going in—we knew what they were going to do. For us, it was hard to crack their defense and get things generated.”Both squads boasted similar strategies coming into the game: slow the ball down, and go for quality shots rather than quantity. Princeton did exactly that, taking its time to net its first goal. The match remained even until 4:27 left...