Word: displays
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...design made most of us gawk; we marveled at the way our dates of birth were actually part of the card, not raised like the other information. We felt a glow of pride at the prominent display of the word "Harvard." The antique-looking background gave us goosebumps as we contemplated those who had passed before us. The nifty door-opening magnetic strip assured us that Harvard really is on the leading edge of technology...
With the intense pressure and amazingly high expectations (if it's not a World Series ring, it's a failed season), Boston tends to display violent mood swings with very little provocation. A four-game winning streak? Gonna challenge for the pennant. Two losses in a row? Fire the manager. Six losses in a row? The season's over--trade everybody for good young talent...
...best display of this occurred this spring, when the Sox jumped out to an 11-3 start and opened a 3-game lead over Toronto and New York, Just 14 games into the season, every major publication, broadcast center and sports authority east of the Hudson River anointed Boston the division champs and settled back to see who would win the AL West...
Despite all these visible failings, Perot received 19 percent of the vote in last year's election, even after his ramblings about his daughter's wedding and paramilitary assaults on his home. This display of support demonstrates both the peoples' desire for straight talk and their frustration with the major parties...
Over the board, Short does not display the sort of crass aggressiveness with which Kasparov intimidates his opponents. He is cool and controlled, though under pressure he may fidget like an Oxford don struggling for the right translation of an Ovid couplet. But behind this outer tranquillity, he plots his opponent's destruction. After all, this is a man who once described chess as mental boxing...