Word: ironizing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...April when the Amistad docked in Mystic, Connecticut, to unload its captured cargo. It was a blustery 40 degrees, and the West Africans were dressed in rags. Iron neck yokes and chains connected one to another and prevented them from wiping the brine and dirt from their eyes...
...round 80. Not such hot scoring on an eminently easy course, perhaps, but at least I could go out on something of a high note: In that 80, I was 11 over after 12 holes but rallied to play the last six in two under, sparked by a 2-iron which I holed for eagle on a soaking...
Maine is the home of Bath Iron Works, which builds several types of ships for the Navy. For the past two years, Snowe has fought successfully to maintain congressional funding for naval ships...
Rudenstine has responded to his call--gradually--by increasing his efforts outside Harvard's iron gates. But he is challenged by the University's tenure policies, his own modesty and the lack of a solid body of research to support his convictions...
...virtually free range of the Executive Mansion to push the idea for a company he represented. Even though he was shot down in the end, Grobmyer made bridge-building history: his project combined Baker, the firm's counsel; Alex Copson, a sometime bass player with the British rock band Iron Butterfly; and Dan Murphy, a retired admiral who had held top jobs in the CIA and the Bush vice presidency. Grobmyer's plan was heard far and wide: it reached Clinton twice by letter, and it landed in offices as high as Deputy National Security Adviser Nancy Soderberg...