Word: lulls
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Even if the region?s hardworking Western observers broker a deal over the captive soldiers, the respite may be temporary. ?The reason for the lull in fighting is less because of the cease-fire than because of the weather,? says Anastasijevic. ?The issues underlying the conflict remain unresolved, but it?s difficult to fight in minus-20-degree temperatures. When the snows melt in a month or two, the war will probably resume.? And that will put Washington right back in its Balkan bind...
...which we can be seduced. It is simple to see how our lack of feeling towards the characters can be translated into the lack of empathy for another culture, race or religion that allows atrocities like the Holocaust to happen. It seems to have been Appelfeld's intent to lull us into a state of complete emotional suspension. In the aftermath of the Holocaust, it seems that we commonly ask ourselves how the Holocaust could have ever happened. Appelfeld reminds us why it was possible. And as dark as the issues he raises may be, they never fail to come...
...offense we weren't executing very well, andwe weren't getting any second opportunities at thebasket," Egelhoff said. "We came into a lull whereour shots weren't falling at all. All of theirshots were falling, and they were getting secondchances. The first half was just ugly...
...have successfully avoided actually discussing my thesis, and I understand that you might reach a lull in the conversation. I know the problem--I was once the one posing these questions to thesis-writing seniors. I know better now. So I inquire, fair reader, why bother...
...would take another three weeks of lockout limbo to match that month lull. So far, the sides in the NBA dispute have gone 10 days since their last full bargaining session, and that 9.5-hour meeting was the only one the sides had in November...