Word: magnetized
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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When I was a little kid, I took cello lessons. The cello, I quickly learned, is not a toy. It breaks when you drop it, it's a bully magnet, and it takes five years of agonizing practice before you stop sounding like a baby pterodactyl. Only much later did I discover that music can actually be fun. That's probably why musical toys are the biggest thing at this year's Toy Fair, the major annual trade show in New York City all about the business...
...diverse cities in the U.S. - a third of the population is Hispanic, a third is Asian, and the other third is everything else. Many of the city's cybercafes are owned and operated by Korean immigrants and, like their popular counterparts in Korea, the establishments tend to be a magnet for Asian gangs. The gangs are very fluid entities: unlike Crips or Bloods, they don't wear colors, and members don't readily admit to their existence. They were originally formed for self-defense, but have gradually become more offensive, with gangs from different backgrounds (Korean, Vietnamese, etc.) squaring...
...found herself unmarried and pregnant with child number three before she and her mate “figured out how they wanted to order their family. ” Though Antoinette’s husband never had problems making money “stick to his hands like a magnet,” he gave up the corporate world in order to run their household and take care of the kids. He’s the kind of guy who doesn’t mind taking them out of school on a random fall day and taking them...
...there's always this year's batch of "must-own" DVDs of didn't-need-to-see movies, the kind of stocking stuffer that tends to pile up in shoppers' hands (and on their credit-card bills). Maybe all retailers will need this Christmas is a few hot "magnet" items (sufficiently stocked) to get shoppers into the stores, and the American urge to lavish gifts upon one's family, friends and of course oneself will do the rest. Maybe they'll need a miracle...
Don’t get me wrong. Freshman Ryan Fitzpatrick stepped up in a big way, hurting Dartmouth with 58 yards in 17 rushing attempts and 262 passing yards while the pressure was on. He seemed composed beyond his experience, but it helps to have a ball-magnet like Morris downfield...