Word: idealizations
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...they believe is America's most wanted killer. They could also savor the vindication that he fit their expectations so uncannily. He was, as they had surmised, a white male, middle-aged, a loner whom no one would miss if he vanished for weeks at a time. An ideal neighbor who kept to himself--just as the entire town of Lincoln described "the hermit on the hill." The agents had expected a neat, meticulous man, someone who probably kept careful notes and lists. And they found, amid his books, 10 three-ring notebooks full of data and diagrams and test...
Abigail says that this is not an ideal way for her to spend her spring break...
...high-ranking United Nations official listed a litany of considerations in Islamic reproductive policy, including female genital mutilation, Islamic attitudes about abortion and ideal family sizes...
...customer satisfaction aside, many students feel that a return to Coke will be ideal from a taste point of view. Soda-drinkers in dining halls repeatedly endorsed Coke...
Hyakutake's status as a return visitor makes it ideal for amateur stargazers but a bit less enticing to scientists. Comets are believed to be leftover material from the formation of the solar system 4.5 billion years ago. Millions are still orbiting lazily in a halo called the Oort cloud, far beyond Pluto, where they are perfectly preserved. It's only occasionally that one changes orbit and plunges into the relative warmth of Earth's neighborhood. And the more often a comet returns to be heated, the more its structure and chemical composition are altered...