Word: facing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Vicky has dark hair, with bangs that run to her eyebrows. Her face swings with her moods, from glee to disdain, from fatigue to excitement. She usually grins broadly but rolls her eyes and sighs when you forget your ID and beg her to punch in your number. When Vicky is rested, she looks young and jokes with you. When she's tired, her eyes puff up and she complains about almost anything. Her daughter, Katerina, who's nine, has the same dark hair, expressive face and uninhibited demeanor. "I was the same as her growing up," Vicky said, "okay...
...wide. "The board was a grid with everyone's name on it, crossed with each meal. Every five days we switched sides of the board. When someone showed up for a meal, I crossed their name off the grid. That way, I had to learn everyone's name and face. I think it was easier before. It was faster. It sounds weird, but it's the truth...
Sure, with its elimination from the tournament, Harvard missed a golden opportunity to face a University of Connecticut squad that it had defeated earlier in the season, with the possibility of travelling to California for the quarterfinals looming for the victor. But given the expectations for the team at the season's outset, the success that followed was hardly anticipated...
...still delivered before the House of Lords, even though that chamber ceased to have real power many years ago. An officer in a funny dress still summons the members of the House Commons to listen to the Queen's speech, and the Commons still slam the door in his face and keep it closed until he has knocked three times with his staff (all to commemorate a historical episode when the Commons refused to surrender several of their own who had run afoul of the king). The Yeomen of the Guard still search for powder kegs in the cellars...
...surprising." That could be sparked by the presence of representatives of the besieged Chechen government. Unconfirmed reports suggest the OSCE may have invited members of President Aslan Mashkadov's government to discuss the Chechnya crisis. "If that proves true, it would be a major slap in the face to Moscow," says Meier. And one that couldn't go unanswered: Yeltsin may want to wear his best table-banging Bruno Maglis...