Word: grounded
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...rules of dueling provide that the accused party gets to pick the time, the place and the weapons. But Ken Starr and Bill Clinton have been circling each other for months; each wants the match to take place on his own preferred ground. As long as this has remained a legal contest fought with briefs and staged in a courtroom, Starr has been winning every round. And so all year long, the President's seconds have looked for a way to move the whole bout to a friendlier venue, such as the boiling floor of the House of Representatives, where...
...books go heart to heart, soul to soul, to the core being of a person," says Hansen. Each contains 101 stories ("That's a spiritual number," he says), and few of those last longer than three pages--perfect for attention spans ground down to nothing by TV. No one will mistake Chicken Soup for literature, and in case you miss the point, the cover blurb from Robin ("Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous") Leach is a clue that you're not buying Middlemarch. From book to book, the tone is unvarying: earnest, unadorned and ruthlessly uplifting. The stories are gathered...
Fellow tri-captains Gudeman and Holly Rogers anchored a strong Crimson defense throughout the season. Gudeman in particular stood out, her 24 ground ball controls on the season leading the team. Her consistently strong play earned her an All-Ivy First Team selection as well...
Radcliffe heavyweight crew was a strong player in women's rowing all season. The team, coached by Liz O'Leary, started out the season on shaky ground but continuously improved and found itself on its way to NCAAs...
...believe this season was a ground-breaking season in many aspects," Mosley said. "It marks Coach Weiss's first All-American, and more importantly, the rise of the entire team. This young team will only get better with its great work ethic and its plans for off-season training...