Word: dashes
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Standing before Congress in his triumph, George Bush would not have thought of the line that General George Patton (the real Patton's words, spoken by George C. Scott) uttered at the end of the movie, after Patton's dazzling tank dash across Belgium and Germany to defeat Hitler's armies in 1945: "For over a thousand years, Roman conquerors returning from the wars enjoyed the honor of a triumph, a tumultuous parade . . . The conqueror rode in a triumphal chariot . . . A slave stood behind the conqueror holding a golden crown and whispering in his ear a warning that all glory...
...meeting, with National Security Adviser Brent Scowcroft and his deputy, Robert Gates. Scowcroft was more interested in our perceptions of the situation in Iraq than in the proposals for getting out of the crisis. The meeting became lively after the unexpected arrival of President Bush. He had made a dash through the pouring rain from his private residence, just to drop by for a minute, all soaking wet, to shake our hands...
...meter dash...
...meter dash: 1. Smith (Northeastern) 25.12; 2. Karen Phillips (BU) 25.51; 3. Racquelle Gilmore (Northeastern...
...meter dash: 1. Tiffany Young (BC) 56.68; 2. Stenhouse (MIT) 57.87; 3. Tusharka Chapman (Northeastern...