Word: marker
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...embargo, since the origin of oil on world markets is hard to trace. But, he said, "while Iran is conducting the war (with Iraq) and conducting terrorism, we shouldn't be buying things from them to the tune we are.... We feel it's important to lay down our marker...
...black and white. It's drawn with a magic marker. It has a lot of words. It contains few words pertaining to the election, save "Vote for me!" In short, the campaign poster looks crude compared to its flowery and poetic companions...
...expected to find a sign or exhibit, some concrete acknowledgement that once blacks were enslaved there, bound up and put down there. And I expected the sign to say that was bad. But there was no sign, only a small marker near some small shacks. "This is where the slaves slept," it read...
...Harvard facing a third-and-seven from the Northeastern 19, the Crimson was called for a delay of game penalty when Yohe tried to audible at the line. A Yohe to Neil Phillips pass gained nine yards on the next play, but that was short of the first down marker, and the Crimson had to settle for a field goal. Those two penalties might well have cost the Crimson upwards of 10 points in the game...
...grader. The true master of the generality is the man who can write a 10-page essay which means nothing at all to him, and have it mean a great deal to anyone who reads it. The generality writer banks on the knowledge possessed by the grader, hoping the marker will read things into his essay...