Word: extended
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...frivol: Oscars, Tonys, Grammys didn't exist. But some people in Atlantic City thought they should give a prize and a title to a pretty girl. The town was the East Coast's premier seaside resort, so she probably ought to wear a bathing suit. And hoping to extend the summer season, the pageant's creators scheduled it for after Labor...
...cataloging section, one person retired and one departed to take an office elsewhere. The Library advertised one cataloging position last spring, but decided to extend the search when they didn't find the right candidate right way Wendorf said...
...standard practice for lawmakers from both parties to raise money from industries they regulate. What sets D'Amato apart is his job as chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, which plans to raise and spend $65 million during this election cycle to help extend Republican dominance of Congress into the next century. A not-unthinkable gain of six seats in the Senate next year would give D'Amato's party a filibuster-proof, 60-vote majority--and the kind of steamroller momentum that Newt Gingrich enjoys in the House...
...that. As durable as Lou was, he played every inning of every game for only one season; Ripken played every inning of 904 straight games from 1982 to '87-only his father, then the manager of the Orioles, could sit him down. While Gehrig occasionally resorted to artifice to extend his streak, Ripken has never done anything untoward to keep his alive, or played anything less than hard. Gehrig was literally afraid of leaving the lineup; Ripken is in it for the fun. "There's a joy to Cal's game that never ceases to amaze me," says Mike Flanagan...
...sensations like pain or itching, often very strongly, in the missing limb. What's happening? The brain carries within it a mental map of the body, a well-formed sense of where every part is in relation to every other. That's why it's possible for you to extend your arm and then, with your eyes closed, bring it in to touch the tip of your nose. (Drunkenness distorts your perception of the map; thus the nose-touching sobriety test often administered by cops...