Word: lift
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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When he did return to the tour with his bristly head squarely atop a buffed physique, Andre introduced a new character, the Body. Put to the test in June during tough five-setters on the slow clay courts at the French Open, the Body proved strong enough to lift the trophy...
...within his purview to raise margin requirements above the current 50%. However, that might tick off Wall Street, which earns more than 8% interest on margin loans. (Brokers are free to raise requirements on their own, and some have.) No Fed chairman since 1974 has moved to lift the limit. Individual investors--and not just day traders--also share part of the blame. Intoxicated by the hot market, many have abandoned all fear of losing money...
...knowing that giving up the identities of pseudonymous SFM4M visitors would have been PR poison for a sizable chunk of its customers, declined to lift its curtain of privacy for the prying eyes of concerned officials. So Klausner got San Francisco-based PlanetOut, an online service for gays, lesbians and bisexuals, to help him pepper SFM4M with warning messages about avoiding the disease (condoms, monogamy and penicillin?). Syphilis is easily treated if caught early, but if left alone, it causes chancres and lesions and eventually leads to insanity and death ? all the while increasing vulnerability to other STDs, most notably...
ARABELLA CHURCHILL (Winston's granddaughter) fighting age by getting a full face-lift live on the Internet in November
...felt the Kennedy family was a part of my childhood, my teenage years and now my adult life. I have the greatest admiration for their strength of character, their determination, and above all, their kindness to those less fortunate. John Jr. typified the clan. The Kennedys can all lift their heads in pride and say, "Here was a man." VICKY SCHOEMAN Cradock, South Africa...