Word: gets
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Hours later Karen was still in Gardena, and her husband found the shivering daughter waiting on the porch in a hard rain. Finally, her husband told Karen, "I love you, and the kids love you, but we can't take this anymore. If you don't get yourself some help, you're not going to be here for Christmas." Karen joined G.A. Though the great majority of gamblers are men, women are betting -- and showing up at Gamblers Anonymous meetings -- with growing frequency...
...been proved to be safe and effective in humans. In the unofficial trial, 42 patients have received Compound Q, which is derived from a Chinese cucumber-like plant. Among those taking the drug is Robert Pitman, 48, of San Francisco. Says he: "I was prepared to get it however I could. I was desperate enough that I would have injected it in my own living room...
Family matters and suburban survival techniques get regular attention. They are the cement that holds the classes together. Says Grossman: "There's a sense of shared community here about the fact that there's not enough time, the kids won't do the dishes, and father paces the floor when daughter is out on the first date. You need to hear that everybody else is going through...
...class is a kind of grass-roots media review board that any pollster worth his clipboard would give a rating point to get in on. Currently approved by the majority: any movie in which heartthrob Kevin Costner (Field of Dreams) removes his shirt. The video of the film Bull Durham, in which Costner takes off more than that, is one of the area's hottest rentals. Television gets its share of attention. Before summer reruns took over the tube, the women found that Moonlighting was funny again, and the wacky comedy of Tracey Ullman acquired a growing following. The women...
...Soviets get into the communications vault? The Marine guard posted down the hall controlled the only alarm system for the code room, Kessler explained. Since the system did not record the time the alarm went off, the Marine could give the KGB undetected access to the PCC for hours at a time, then lie about what time the system was triggered and claim it was a false alarm...