Word: kept
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...takes place on one very hot day at Sal's Famous Pizzaria in Bedford Stuyvesant, a Black neighborhood in Brooklyn where the general undercurrent of class and race resentment is kept under pressure by the heat until it explodes in violence...
Since the disaster of the World War, the LDP has steered clear of any role in foreign affairs, prefering instead to build quietly the Japanese economy. The policy worked well for years as Japan filled the world with its products and kept foreign goods away from its shores...
...dawning of the age of free agency, Yaz stayed put and kept on playing for the Red Sox and for those same fans--more than 3300 games for the same team. The pressures of the modern game--attorneys, drug testing, gambling, salary disputes and owner collusion--couldn't touch...
...almost like Joe was trying to get caught," says a fellow seaman who remains a close friend. "He'd close his door, but everyone knew what went on. He always said that everything was fine, but then why was he drinking? The guy was begging for help, but he kept it all inside...
Such contracts might preclude the kind of puzzle raised by a Blount County, Tenn., divorce case that is still being adjudicated. Mary Sue Davis wants her and her husband's frozen embryos kept in storage in case she wishes to use or donate them. Husband Junior Davis wishes them destroyed, arguing that their use after the divorce would force him into unwanted fatherhood...