Word: load
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...prone to bursts of speechmaking, and their creator is also fond of the short set piece. Here is a Cadillac that has been sitting in the heat too long: "Whatever was plastic in the car . . . had begun to bubble, boil, the glue melting and the car's great load of padding rising yeastlike, separating, creating seams he'd been unaware of before, like the perforations on Saltines...
...premed major planning to attend school for six more years, Nguyen says he's lightened his financial load by "investigating every financial aid option, applying for everything, and applying early...
Laurie was a two-year varsity player in both basketball and lacrosse at Lehigh and is hoping to continue at Harvard in those sports as well. That's a heavy load, with two lab courses, two reading courses, and having to cook your own meals in an off-campus apartment...
Working for "the best man" has forced Rotenberg to cut down her class schedule. She has taken a reduced course load, including an independent study project on the election process. When she leaves Harvard in June, she says she may work for a campaign consulting firm or the State Department. Eventually, however, she's headed for politics...
...Aqaba's harbor is bristling with vessels ready to off-load war supplies. They are lined up like runners crowded together waiting to begin a cross-country race." The Soviets are apparently providing Iraq with spare parts, food and ammunition diverted from South Yemen and Ethiopia. U.S. intelligence sources, however, were satisfied that so far there have been no Soviet shipments of lethal heavy weaponry ?tanks, missiles and the like?to Iraq...