Word: grand
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...police officer, has cared for and supported Cornilous since he was three months old. Last fall she decided to adopt him. Pixley, by then in a part-time detention facility, resisted--even though she had been unable to hold down a steady job, and had contributed a grand total of $200 to her son's care. In a case burdened by race--Pixley is black, Blankman white--the courts once again favored the biological mother and denied the adoption...
Fennell was at the grand concert to direct saxophonist Bill Clinton's favorite band music, the English Folk Song Suite by Ralph Vaughn Williams. And doubtless the magic spell cast by that music--so precise, so powerful--will again lift hearts and quicken steps...
...decided not to support Fiji because the fraternity is currently under investigation by a grand jury, Dorow said...
...Runaway Train," as its lead singer, David Pirner, is known for having once dated actress Winona Ryder. At the height of Soul Asylum's popularity, "Runaway Train" was so famous that the band was invited to perform it at the White House for President Clinton. Sadly, after its grand entrance onto the music scene, Soul Asylum has not been able to produce another best-seller: David Pirner and Winona Ryder have long since broken up, and the band seemed to fade into obscurity...
...traitor in Air Force One (although he?s an underrated character actor who was the best non-silicon-based thing in the Pamela Anderson vehicle Barb Wire). So if we can believe what we hear -- that you?d rather see Janet Reno naked than testify before Ken Starr?s grand jury or any other -- America, I think, applauds your discretion/humility. You just weren?t meant for stardom...