Word: impress
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Next, I called my oldest sister, who spent years in college studying cattle and holds a degree in dairy science. She laughed and told me that one of her male co-workers, a city-slicker, had attempted to impress everyone with his bravado by describing how he used to go cow-tipping. She humiliated him by pointing out the physical impossibility of the task...
...think it's probably a pretty good idea," one president said, referring to the dry punch policy. He said that "punches" often drink more alcohol than usual to impress club members and that punches would get to know the club better if they were sober...
...White House sent other small but unmistakable signals of its displeasure to G.O.P. renegades. Two nights before the vote, Ohio Congressman Ralph Regula had planned to impress some constituents by taking them to the presidential box at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts to see a play. But that afternoon he got a call from the White House congressional liaison office inquiring about his position on the budget plan. "Leaning against," he replied. His tickets were canceled. New York Congressman Gerald Solomon complained that Bush had telephoned him at his home at 6:45 a.m. to solicit his support...
There were some bright spots in the tournament. Lem commended the play of Wallace and Lopeter, who continues to impress with her hitting and serving...
Andrea Worden, a Stanford doctoral candidate inChinese history, has been following the latest LeiFung campaign. She said the Chinese leadershipoften trots out Lei when it wants to impress uponits people the importance of public service andloyalty...