Word: lift
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...winter we lift weights a lot, we [row on an ergometer] a lot, and we row in the tanks [indoor rowing facilities]," Donaldson says. "As the winter progresses we shift to lifting more reps and lower weights so [training] is more like a race...
...course, the capital of cabin fever was the capital. Monday was the day the government was to reopen. But when the day arrived, the only open shop was the Supreme Court, with Justice David Souter catching a lift to work after failing to dig his Volkswagen Rabbit out of a drift. John Sturdivant, head of the American Federation of Government Employees, speculated, "It's kind of God's revenge on the craziness of Washington...
...GINGRICH HAS A BANANA AND an unbuttered bagel for breakfast, and his lunch typically reflects his fortunes--on a good day he sticks with vegetables, and when he needs a lift, he eats cheeseburgers, Fritos and frozen yogurt. Such an eating program could create a certain chemical imbalance in the brain. Newtie, get your eating habits cleaned up, and who knows? Your brilliance might find an unaccustomed companion, some honest-to-goodness common sense. BARBARA POTTS New York City...
...capping the amount of money Washington is willing to send to the states and by putting limits on the number of years a welfare recipient can draw payments, the G.O.P. is testing the theory that if the poor know they are not automatically getting payments, they will lift themselves out of poverty. Democrats warn that, with caps and limits, the poor will be devastated. Counters Besharov: "Do a lot of states have Governors who want mothers sleeping on grates? No." Could it be that giving the poor less is a way of giving them more? Daniel Bell, professor emeritus...
Dartmouth's Ivy League-leading scorer Sea Lonergan lit up lavietes Pavilion. The junior guard poured in 30 points to lift Dartmouth (5-0, 1-0 Ivy) over the Crimson, 70-61 in the first Ivy League contest of the season...