Word: crowning
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve: 50,000 acres near Pawhuska, in the Osage Hills of Oklahoma. "You have a jewel here," he told ranchers and conservationists at a barbecue on the Foraker Ranch, one of the properties that could make up the preserve, "and the jewel should fit into the crown of the National Park Service...
Since April, crews have been working 18 hours a day on Liberty Island. The pitch seemed both unusually feverish and collaborative one bright, windy afternoon last week. There is no pushing back this Friday's deadline. Up in the statue's crown, a Mexican worker--an immigrant!--put finishing touches on new interior copper sheathing, while Project Architect John Robbins of the Park Service complimented the man on his finesse at riveting an eccentric, angular piece of metal...
...even if Sara were Broderick's counterpart, Sloane would be little more than an ornament on Ferris's crown. Only rarely does she seem a real part of the movie's spirited action. The character of Sloane is not half as well developed as those of Cameron and Ferris...
...conservative Likud bloc in the coalition government, joined forces to oppose Zamir. Peres insisted that the "functioning of the Shin Bet would be undermined by the investigation, and sometimes considerations of state security override legal considerations." Shamir put it more bluntly: "The Shin Bet is a jewel in the crown of the state, and we can't murder it." By week's end several Israeli newspapers speculated openly that Shamir himself, who was Prime Minister at the time, may have had knowledge of the killings and the alleged subsequent cover-up. Shamir's ambiguous response: "I don't have...
...computer science major has ruled the world amateur ranks as well. He's won the U.S. men's amateur crown, the top amateur squash honor in North America, three times. This year, while shooting for a record-tying fourth consecutive title, he lost in a stunning upset to Yale senior Hugh LaBossier in the finals...