Word: lulls
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...starting to come back to me. I remembered that, when trying to lull them back to sleep, I hadn't recited The Canterbury Tales; I had sung an old World War II ditty called If I Had It to Do All Over Again, I'd Do It All Over You. It had seemed more appropriate at the time...
...executive director of the National Lesbian and Gay Health Association. The CDC credits the drop to a combination of prevention and new treatments. Despite the good news, though, many involved in the fight remain skeptical the worst is necessarily over. "In my view, this decline is unfortunately only a lull," said Dr. Irvin S.Y. Chen, director of the AIDS Institute at UCLA. Even President Clinton avoided euphoria in commenting on the news, urging continued resilience in battling the disease. Much of the caution the latest figures have been met with can be traced to the fact that more than...
...good song, the American music industry is searching for a fresh new musical trend. The $12 billion business, which had been growing at a 10%-to-12% annual clip in recent years, has expanded only 2% so far in 1996, a development that falls somewhere between a worrisome lull and a full-blown slump...
...last scene the production recovers from its temporary lull, with Mertueil playing cards with her friends and insisting that they "continue with the game." Valmont is dead, Mertueil is alone, and the victims of their plan are left to pick up the pieces of their shattered lives. It is a bleak but appropriate ending. The petty plotting of the aristocrats has destroyed any hope for happiness, but they must keep up their appearances. If such deceitful events transpired under the pretenses of a classy and restrained society, imagine what would happen if these characters really let loose...
...pretty much every game we'd be up by a significant number of points and then there would be a lull and they'd catch-up." said co-captain Heather Rypkema. "It's not like we played poorly throughout the match, it's just that we couldn't maintain a high level of play due to our lack of mental focus...