Word: finish
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...minutes late and out of breath, this is the International Sign for "I live in the Quad, and you live in the River. On a Saturday night I might as well try to teleport as find a shuttle." If you arrive and she says, "I just have to finish some e-mail before we go," this is the verbal International Sign...
...This time around, America is getting gun-shy. Many wondered whether a military strike would accomplish any final objective; others considered the U.S.' record on U.N. resolutions to be spotty at best. A veteran wanted to be assured that the U.S. would "not be half-assed" this time and finish the job, whatever it took. And from Cohen, Albright and Berger, the answers were not always convincing. Berger did manage a stirring final line: "Some things are worth fighting for." But if Saddam was watching from some Baghdad bunker, he was probably smiling...
...good runners make good skiers. He has cut his time for the 10-km classic race from 2 hr. to a creditable 30 min. But Boit has no illusions about challenging Norway's Bjorn Daehlie, who won the 1994 gold with a time of 24:20.1. "Even if I finish dead last," says Boit, "I will be proud of myself as long as I improve my time...
Four more wins. That's the magic number for the Harvard men's basketball team, which needs to win four of its final six games this season to ensure a .500 finish in the Ivy League, completing the best three year run in school history...
...himself. Polls reveal that his approval ratings are at an all-time high--despite the fact that most Americans don't believe his denial of a "sexual relationship" with Lewinsky. What are Republicans to do? If they don't act fast, they risk losing their best chance yet to finish Clinton off and, even worse, they may be allowing his party to prosper in the wake of the scandal...