Word: lift
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...attention was diverted when I noticed a more ambitious hand maneuver its paper loop under the largest goldfish in the tub, and lift it swiftly out of the water. I watched the goldfish as it lay tenuously in an iridescent arc, its tail and head hanging over the sides of the fragile circle. In a second it began to squirm and twitch. Tail and head arched spastically upward to meet the other, reversing the direction of its parabolic arc. The goldfish's contorted torso drilled through the water-weakened paper, slipped bodily through the loop in a fluorescent shimmer...
...other hand, think of our automobile industry. Not only is it our nation's largest direct employer, but it also accounts for hundreds of thousands of indirect jobs. Jobs for tool and die makers, jobs for plastics workers, jobs for truckers, jobs for fork-lift operators, and, yes, jobs for investment bankers...
...been told that we don't need manufacturing jobs in this country anymore because our "sphere of expertise" has shifted towards service industries like banking and high finance. On the surface, that sounds pretty good. We don't need to create new jobs for fork lift operators or truckers because those are "bad" jobs. Instead we need to create more "good" high-paying white-collar jobs in tall office buildings. The problem is, our deficient education system continues to churn out people who are not qualified to do the "good" jobs. Consequently, there is an intense need for positions...
...president asking a Court of Appeals to lift Hatter's injunction while it awaits December arguments on the constitutionality of the ban? Because Hatter's ruling jeopardizes Clinton's carefully-crafted "compromise," which cloaks its betrayal of gays and lesbians in the meaningless promise that as long as they remain in the closet no one will try to kick open the door...
...liquid, if you slow the molecules down, it becomes ice. Speed the molecules up, becomes steam. Notice that I'm talking about molecules, letting people know that I'm a little smart, science you know haha, I'm not one of those rumnum brothers uhruhuhruhuhruh I can lift 400 pounds, let you know my wide range of things you know, and uh the inscription written on Jesus's head when he died was written in three languages, Greek, Hebrew, and Latin, it said here lies the king of the Jews, Jesus was on the cross six hours, three hours...