Word: meter
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...economy, they see little else to be excited about. Employment has picked up, but wages haven't. Inflation has risen from the grave. The stock market is crawling to get back to where it was five years ago. Savings accounts throw off barely enough interest to feed a parking meter. Companies are cutting pensions, and politicians are making dire noises about Social Security. It's a scary message people are getting: We are heading toward a future in which we will need more money than ever to avert disaster, and there are fewer opportunities to get it. So people...
...woman greeted her husband in a costume of nothing but Saran Wrap bound up with a red ribbon. Another wanted to greet her husband "a la gypsy with beads, bangles and bare skin," but when she went to the door, she was surprised to confront an "equally surprised water-meter reader." Marabel admits, moreover, that she herself "looked foolish and felt even more so" the first time she dressed up in "pink baby-doll pajamas and white boots after my bubble bath." -TIME, March...
Harvard, which spent much of its dual season overcoming initial deficits off of the start, stayed even with both Washington and Princeton as the boats headed toward the midway mark. Cal seized a lead early in the second 500 meters and continued to increase the margin as all four crews sped to the 1000 meter mark...
Entering the race with the third-fastest qualifying time, the first varsity found itself in the fourth position following the first 500 meters of the grand finals, with Princeton leading and Cal and Virginia close behind, separated from each other by two seats. Less than that distanced them from the Black and White. By the next 500-meter mark, the Cavaliers had fallen off pace and were passed by Radcliffe, which built a two-seat advantage...
...nice to know that poetry has not lost its place in our misguided material world. When we as a society lose interest in poetry, we further alienate ourselves from the spiritual realm of human existence. Perhaps, in addition to free verse, there is room for old-fashioned rhyme and meter. Fashion should not apply to poetry...