Word: everly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...September, some of the largest terrorist bombs ever repeatedly rocked Moscow--clearly challenging the psychological security of Russians. Though it is uncertain who planted these bombs, Russia has claimed it was Chechen terrorists and has used the guise of "anti-terrorist action" to launch a brutal offensive against the region of Chechnya. The charge of blame against Chechens is unverified, so far, but the campaign has garnered the approval of 60 to 80 percent of the Russian people...
...frighteningly easy to lose sight of the absurdity of a bunch of 20-year-old guys renting out Boston's fanciest restaurants, donning tuxedos and feeding their guests filet mignon, passing the wine and quieting their cell phones, dealing in sums of money with which few college kids are ever directly confronted outside of their tuition bills. It's fun and it's basically fine, as long as we all--guests and hosts--stay relatively self-aware...
Feeding from that excitement, senior Alexis Todor continued her winning ways by blowing away the field by over a second in the 100-breaststroke with a 1:05.26 finish, her best time ever...
...more marriages today than ever before, one partner, usually the wife, is working while her spouse has retired. Fifty-one percent of married women ages 55 to 64 were in the labor force last year, compared with 36% in 1980. "Unlike prior generations of retirees, in which the wife was most often a homemaker, today's couples have two retirements to think about," says Phyllis Moen, a psychologist conducting an ongoing study on retirement at Cornell University. According to Moen, when one person continues to work after the other retires, all kinds of issues can arise--from how much time...
...career, and she wondered where he would direct his energies after that career ended. She also knew to prepare for the everyday problems that can catch couples off guard. "We made a point to talk about the housework issue before it became an issue," Polston says. "Bernie hadn't ever helped around the house since we got married. But now it made sense for him to take on some chores." It was agreed that Bernie would make his lunch, wash the dishes, make the bed and take out the trash...