Word: dozen
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...more common: copies of this newspaper, ID cards, a blue book, a portrait of the University president (or, alternatively, a self-portrait, labeled "University president"), the Users Guide to the Ad Board, a shuttle schedule, a lock of hair (shellacked or otherwise) and at least half a dozen objects alluding to how much Yale sucks...
...near the oil press. But Jesus took Peter, James and John and pressed on a few yards into the dark grove. He asked the inner three to wait while he prayed. They were tired as the others, but they nodded that they'd wait, and he walked ahead some dozen paces to the oldest tree. It had half consumed one end of a table-shaped rock where he knelt...
Matthews has been hit hard this fall by crime. Over a dozen suites have been robbed...
...highest grossing movie of that year and the spark that kindled the computer animation glut. (You won't be seeing any more paint/cel animated films for a long time to come....) But Toy Story was special not because it had kids forking over $8 to see the movie a dozen times, but because it brought the adults back to animation. Not since Aladdin or the Lion King had we had indulged in a cartoon that purposely surfed right over the kiddie's heads, providing pretty eye candy for tots and self-referential fun for the big ones. While Disney went...
...When the interviewers gather with the candidates for a 4 p.m. briefing session, you can tell at a glance who's who. The half-dozen Yalies sit stiffly in black suits and red ties. "No one told you guys it was business casual?" one interviewer says. Shemmer tries gamely to strike up conversation. "So what do you guys do at Yale for fun?" he asks. "Math club? Chess club?" Another analyst rolls her eyes. "It's the same jokes every year," she complains. Shemmer is unbowed: "Seen any good movies lately?" Murmurs. "Quiet crowd here." Just before the presentation starts...