Word: lid
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...first six-pointer of the day. On the first play of the second half, St. Pierre scrambled and returned a kick-off 80 yards for the score to put the Eliot eleven ahead 12-0. And, late in the game, Coatesworth snagged another St. Pierre throw to seal the lid on an outmatched Leverett...
...call from the young woman's sister in Belfast brought them here. She called to say that in Ulster's unfashionable ghettos the sound of trashcan lid on pavement could be heard again. Joe McDonnell (14 years, handgun possession) had died at the Long Kesh prison after 54 days without food...
...Administration continued to keep a tight lid on the substance of Habib's negotiations. They are believed to involve a complex set of trade-offs to persuade Syria to remove the three batteries of Soviet-made SA-6 missiles it deployed in Lebanon's Bekaa Valley after Israel shot down two of its helicopters. Moreover, Habib was believed to be trying to devise a broader peace plan to eliminate the bloodletting that periodically tears at Lebanon's own internal politics. One reason he may have decided to interrupt his shuttle was to give Saudi Arabia time...
...Fish is well aware of a lid to athletic achievement that accompanies a school like Harvard. "With tennis especially it is always frustrating. It is conceivable that Harvard could be in the top ten, but beyond that, one must sacrifice being a student--and that's not what it's all about...
...wraiths without motives or accountable pasts, Author Robinson left herself a big problem: how to nudge them through a plot, make them interesting, worthy of attention, when they seem so indifferent about themselves. She solved it with language. Ruth's narrative is as colorful as she is pal lid. For a self-confessed dreamer with a tenuous hold on reality, she shows a keen sense of the here and now, and of the right words to record it. She notices "a big green couch so weighty and shapeless that it looked as if it had been hoisted...