Word: diving
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...economy shambles feebly into 1992. "They're going to be worried about their pocketbooks and not be so concerned about 21-gun salutes." Bush has the advantage of starting with a large credit line of goodwill among voters. "The economy will have to take a real nose-dive for him to lose the election," says Larry Sabato, a professor of political science at the University of Virginia. But he also contends that if Bush vetoes the unemployment bill, "the Democrats will have a very powerful symbol for how they have been trying to depict Bush -- as friend of the rich...
...rest of us, will summer ever be lighthearted again? Will no shirtless youth dive gallantly into the peonies to catch a Frisbee? Will no maiden swish barefoot across a dewy moonlit lawn? Eventually, yes, when poultry or medicine comes to the rescue. But not this tick-plagued summer, not just...
...first was a diving block of a shot followed by another dive to save a rebound attempt. The second was a stuff off of a point-blank shot fired by Parish, who shook her head in disbelief as she watched the ball ricochet back onto the playing field. Even Andy Moog would have been impressed...
...20th century works will also help flesh out the Met's skeletal early- Modernist collection. The Annenberg paintings include a very fine Georges Braque studio interior from 1939, and At the Lapin Agile, Picasso's self- portrait as Harlequin at the bar of a Montmartre dive. This souvenir of lost bohemia cost Annenberg $40.7 million at auction...
...privates to the officers and chaplains, digs. "Each shovel I scoop out means I might save an arm," says Private Gregory White, 20, of Los Angeles, the 82nd Airborne. "The next shovel means I might save a leg." The initial hole is called a "hasty" or a "run and dive." With each passing day, the hasties are dug farther down, so that by now they are armpit deep and flanked by sandbags. This is low-tech war of the most vital kind...