Word: miles
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...such, we at Dartboard are miffed that the Square hasn't become the target of more crime than just one armed robbery every few years. We're really bringing down the national crime-to-bank-per-square-mile ratio. But we think we know why more people don't come to the Square with robbery on their minds...
...stumbled along in our flip flops, hopingto run into a cab on the highway. A mile later, itwas looking hopeless. It was also getting dark. Wewere in the boisterous companionship of a desertedhighway and dead animals...
...prospect may not be so grim. People who make it past 85 are a hardy group, says Richard Suzman of the National Institute on Aging. About 30% still live in the community and "are robust in the sense that they are able to lift shopping bags, walk half a mile and climb stairs...
America the bully. America the bountiful. So it has always seemed from the Mexican side of the 2,000-mile-long divide. The peso's latest melodrama only proves the paradox in the eyes of many Mexicans. American investors pour speculative money into Mexico, then snatch it back when times grow hard and Mexico needs it most. The U.S. rides to the rescue, but imposes such harsh conditions that Mexico will be forced into recession...
...woman friend, a cyclingrace director who finally broke her pattern of diddling mountain bikers, discovered that while a popcorn vendor might not look as hot in Lycra, he will ride the extra mile with energy to spare. Plus, he has snacks when you're finished...