Word: earned
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...three days back to Taninga. The village allowed him to undergo the forgiving rites of traditional cleansing. Felfiel's mother went to the spiritual guardian for a muti, a physical and psychological purgative. It took three days for Felfiel to vomit up the "bad things" he had done and earn atonement. After the cleansing, Felfiel stopped having nightmares, and his neighbors embraced him once again...
...roughly half the amount of oil it was pumping before the Gulf War. As it turns out, France and Russia pushed the program much harder than Iraq, which initially feared this option would reduce pressure to get sanctions lifted. But SADDAM HUSSEIN realized that the more cash he could earn to buy food to keep Iraqis from starving, the more hard currency reserves, into which he had been dipping, could be used for the Republican Guards. French and Russian companies are betting that pumping oil now will give them a permanent foothold in Iraq's rich oil fields when sanctions...
...only question now is how far can the team sustain this effort. Two more wins earn the Crimson a bid into the NCAA tournament at Ann Arbor, Michigan. Beat Clarkson and then either Yale or Princeton and they...
With the doubles point won, the Crimson needed three points in singles to earn the victory. Senior co-captain Philip Tseng cruised to a 6-2, 6-1 victory over sophomore Alex Okulski to earn a point at the No. 4 spot...
...stellar season, Feaster was named Ivy League Player of the Year for the third consecutive season, making her the only athlete--male or female in any sport--in Ivy history to earn Rookie of the Year honors in her freshman year and Player of the Year honors in each of the next three years...