Word: gathering
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Some pundits would have me believe that working moms are evil. They drive by the day care center at 15 mph and push their kids out the open door. "Tuck and roll!" they command, speeding off to careers where they gather up against the glass ceiling like fish. Blinded by their devotion to the company, these moms ignore the scientific research on how day-care children are more disobedient and don't have social skills. Heavily dependent on their nannies, these moms couldn't make chocolate milk if they tried, and they certainly don't know that...
...protester who was beaten in the day's chaos, lamented the situation. "I am 60 years old and retired," Abdel Salam said, his voice breaking. "I have lived 60 years without freedom, and my children, they have smelled only a whiff of freedom." A silent crowd began to gather, listening intently. A few of the plainclothes thugs also closed in, but Abdel Salam ignored them. "I can see that these judges are good people," he said. "We need to stand with them, to let them know that the people are not yet dead, that there are still people who will...
...this? and ?the President that,'" she said. "This is your Mama talking and I don't want to hear, 'I can't comment on an ongoing investigation.' I don't want to hear, 'I?ve already answered that question,' and 'We've already covered that.' You get Jill and gather up that ragamuffin menagerie of rescued animals and get back to Texas... You think dealing with the White House press corps is tough? Wait'll you have your own kiddos, and that's the business I'm talking about. Wait'll you have your own kiddos firin? questions...
...Crimson that both will remain unchanged, faced a welcoming audience as he expressed bold views. “What I’m going to be talking about is something that would have been unthinkable three or four years ago, and today it’s starting to gather momentum,” said El-Erian. He said that while financial analysts were fixated on ‘mean reversion’—an assumption that aberrations in financial markets would correct themselves in due time—many are missing large structural changes that are realigning world...
...Member of the class of 2010, on what it was like to visit HarvardA popular thing to do at the end of one’s senior year is to dispense advice. The pastime becomes particularly fashionable pre-frosh weekend, but seems to gather momentum every day after. The basic principle as far as I can tell: having endured the most years of college, seniors are in a unique position to be wise, and they should distribute their wisdom accordingly. If they do this, then the next generation of students will not repeat their mistakes, and the world will...