Word: lull
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...South Vietnam, a Viet Cong offensive along the Cambodian border marks the end of a two-month lull in fighting and delays President Nixon's decision on further U.S. troop withdrawals...
...Saliers. "My greatest fear is that it'll end." Adds Ray: "My greatest fear is that Emily has a fear that it'll end." A few hours into the shoot for Least Complicated, the Girls are standing around in the darkened studio waiting for the next setup. In the lull, they begin softly to strum their guitars. One tune they play is Mystery, from the new CD. The last words to the song...
...Lull the average fan into a false sense of complacency: more extrainning games means more excitement, right? Lower scores should remind diehards of 1968 and the Year of the Pitcher, and for those who say baseball take too darn long to begin with, have I got a 60-minute solution...
...think that we broke down a bit and got tired," Walton said. "The attack wasn't holding on to the ball [long enough]--it was kind of a team lull...
Despite the lull in minority appointments toboth tenured and non-tenured faculty positions,appointments of women are keeping pace with arapid increase nationwide...