Word: gotten
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Bradley felt he had to prove to the other senators that he was not just a "popular jock." "You do not make it in the Congress on the are of your jump shot but only with a mixture of substance and personality," he explained. But Bradley said he has gotten to the point where people respect him as much for his legislative ability as for his hoop skills...
...school in a year and a half, and relearned the ways of civilization. Ruefully, he recalls his reaction when a boy teasingly slipped a banana peel in his pocket: "I swung a Landsberg jailhouse punch at him," acting "as if he wanted to kill [me]." But Pisar had for gotten how to apologize. "I had been in hell too deeply and too long. The next day presented him with two pounds of bananas...
...White House is aware that it faces growing concern in Congress that things have gotten worse in El Salvador since the U.S. sponsored elections in March. Several reports by human rights monitoring groups show murders by the military have increased over the last few months. Land reform and other positive steps undertaken by the Duarte regime that preceded the present government have been stopped, and in some cases reversed. And extreme right leader Roberto d'Aubuisson has said he will not talk with the guerilla opposition...
...pounds, then I'd stand a good shot at playing," Corbat said. "Right now, playing in the NFL, would only be the icing on the cake. If football had always been my main goal then I would have gone to some scholarship school I could have gotten more exposure there...
When asked why he prefers to direct the conversation away from himself and to the team as a whole Corbat said. "I don't think that without the other players. I would have gotten where I am Jim Callman rushed for 1,000 yards last year. There must be some-body blocking there. Your teammates bring recognition...