Word: dashes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...debate over welfare reform has divided Americans between those who consider recipients to be hapless victims and those who see them as shiftless parasites. Washington Post reporter Leon Dash's Rosa Lee: A Mother and Her Family in Urban America (HarperCollins; 279 pages; $23) gives both sides powerful evidence to support their position. It will also leave fair-minded readers in both camps equally discomfited...
...going to be very green at linebacker, but we've got excellent athleticism at that position," said Murphy, noting that Larkee runs a 4.65 40-yard dash. "They're a lot faster than what we've had in the past...
...going to be very green at linebacker, but we've got excellent athleticism at that position," said Murphy, noting that Larkee runs a 4.65 40-yard dash. "They're a lot faster than what we've had in the past...
...dash any notion you had of cooking over a fire, or snacking on trail mix. Liquid-fuel stoves with electronic ignitions have made matches passe; contraptions like the Camp Kitchen from Coleman, the Kansas-based gear purveyor, allow any hiker to play Martha Stewart. The portable kitchen weighs only 35 lbs. and yet contains 6 ft. of counter space, a sink, stove space, storage shelves, a paper-towel rack, a set of backgammon and a set of checkers. It all fits in a suitcase-size carrier. At $199 the movable diner is one of the company's best sellers...
While the men's 100 has a global feel to it, the women's dash could be a hometown celebration for pre-race favorite Gwen Torrence, who grew up in nearby Decatur, Georgia, and lives in Livonia. "God sent [the Olympics] here to make up for what happened to me in 1992," Torrence has said, referring to the Barcelona 100, when she finished fourth and then accused two of the three medalists of drug use. All three of those medalists--Devers, Juliet Cuthbert of Jamaica and Irina Privalova of Russia--will be back, which should make for some interesting stares...