Word: gotten
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...expected this mid-life striptease, least of all, apparently, its author. His confession begins with an apologia of sorts, a letter to Zuckerman explaining how the book came to be written and wondering "Why should anybody other than me be reading it, especially as I acknowledge that they've gotten a good bit of it elsewhere, under other auspices...
Speaking to about 50 supporters and campaign workers, Holt pointed to the 2000 votes that he had gotten from South Boston, Bulger's traditional stronghold, and to the attention he had brought to the problem of rising automobile insurance costs as evidence of his campaign's hard work and success...
...came to Seattle at the start of the summer to work together. We've been rowing here almost every day since. We use the University of Washington boathouse. Seattle is great for rowing because there is a lot of water and it's not too hot. The team has gotten a lot of publicity here because the people here are into recreation...
...Boston news conference, Dukakis tried to quash the rumors once and for all. "I've never gotten any professional counseling," the Governor said. "I normally look to my family for support when I need it." Dukakis also seized the opportunity to rise magnanimously above Reagan. "We all occasionally misspeak," he said. "I don't really think the President had to apologize." Gerald Plotkin, Dukakis' doctor since 1971, released a detailed three-page report pronouncing Dukakis "in excellent health and physical shape." Wrote Plotkin: "He has had no psychological symptoms, complaints or treatment." Before the week ended, Dukakis set aside...
...Sometimes when me and Joy come by the high school, the kids be like white on rice wrapped around one another," says Larry disapprovingly. "Several gotten pregnant. I think America as a whole has dropped her values. Now it seems all right to have premarital sex. Mothers goin' along with it. I believe it is our responsibility to teach our children the values when they are much younger...