Word: keeps
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...think stealing your Maude Frickert character for his Aunt Blabby will keep Johnny Carson from ever winning the award...
...receiving side, the handshake may be a form of souvenir collecting. My father used to keep a framed photograph of himself shaking hands with the young Richard Nixon, the two of them beaming at each other; my father posted a little sign at the bottom of the picture: COUNT YOUR FINGERS. Historical continuities: Brooke Astor, now 97, remembers the day when, as a little girl, she shook the hand of Henry Adams. I recall the day when I was a child working for the summer as a Senate page and the aged Herbert Hoover visited the Senate chamber...
...Compton, Calif., world capital of gangsta rap, one difficulty looms above all others. It's not the rules or the etiquette or the language of bowlers and wickets. Katy Haber, 50, a British expatriate and team manager, sums up the matter thus: "It's all we can do to keep them from sagging their pants...
...gruesome amputation ending in death. Plus, she gets her shirt back by the following scene. And when these women enter the Amazon, they get wet only up to the waist. It's like a whole show of nothing but lifeguard rescues. "One of the challenges we face is to keep the historical and anthropological interest alive while also having beautiful women in jeopardy," explains Benchley. How about you just find deeper rivers, Pete...
...have always looked up to the U.S. because it demonstrates the meaning of democracy, justice, equality and vision. Pax Americana is welcome because the U.S. has been reliable. But recently the U.S. hasn't been leading other countries into a bright future. It no longer seems able to keep pace with the progress of history. HIRO TAKAHASHI Hiroshima