Word: kept
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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After the story broke last week, Tripp mostly kept hidden from view. She telecommuted to the Pentagon from her home and, her face hidden behind glasses and a mane of frosted bangs, emerged only to say she wouldn't say more. Those who know her say she is too smart to shoot her mouth off to the press...
...They were worried that Kaczynski's mental illness would be taken heavily into account by jurors considering whether to sentence him to death or to a lesser penalty. Prosecutors also fretted that Judge Burrell's decision not to let Kaczynski represent himself could be overturned on appeal. But they kept their game faces on; they arrived in court on Thursday with fresh haircuts, looking ready for trial...
...ancient China, imperial gratification was a tidier affair. An Emperor in the Chou dynasty had 37 wives and 81 concubines. Harem administrators kept track of menstrual cycles, scheduling sex at each woman's peak fertility...
...cold from eating another burger!" Then a representative of the National Cattlemen's Beef Association conceded that, yes, there was "a limited amount" of feeding cattle to cattle occurring in the U.S. Taken together, all that had an Oprah-size impact. Cattle prices plummeted the day it aired, and kept heading south for two weeks, in what beef traders called the "Oprah Crash...
...fall of 1996, for example, he insisted that a band of seven or eight pieces be present for rehearsals--a costly and (to many theater veterans) unneeded luxury. While admitting that it's not Broadway's usual practice, Simon defends his approach of nailing down the music first. "People kept saying, 'You're doing it backward.' But if the sound isn't right, how can I hear the characters?" Says an ex-member of The Capeman team: "Paul's philosophy is: if the song is right, the moment is right...