Word: moments
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...would normally ask for a moment of silence [to remember them], Jason B. Phillips '99, the show's host for the third straight year and vice president of BSA told the crowd Friday, "but we known they weren't silent men, so give...
...Parents Answer Book: From Birth Through Age Five (Golden Books). It takes parents from the breast-vs.-bottle-feeding debate to toilet training to sleepovers. The 900-page Parents Answer Book is intended as an encyclopedia of child care, ready to be pulled down from the shelf in a moment of need...
...years, gives practical guidance for talking to children about tough issues. When, for example, is the right time to tell your son or daughter that you're getting a divorce? "Although there is never a good time," writes Wolf, "you will need at least to make sure that the moment you select is one when you will be together for a while, preferably on a nonschool day. When they are suddenly feeling very unsafe and very alone, they will need you to be there for them, so they can feel as safe as possible and not so alone...
...Washington, in a candlelight vigil that struggled to make another argument and extract another message from his death. Ellen DeGeneres, Ted Kennedy and Barney Frank, the openly gay Massachusetts Congressman--all the expected speakers took the microphone. What was less expected was the sheer turnout of lawmakers at a moment when Congress was embroiled in the crazy closing hours of the budget deal. So many members showed up to voice their grief and anger that House minority leader Dick Gephardt had time only to read their names. "It speaks volumes about how much progress we've made," says Winnie Stachelberg...
...book reads quickly, and is characterized by succinct but powerful phrasing and images that roll along, taking you with them rather than inviting you to stop and analyze them. The structure of the story in terms of time is especially effective, as it starts at an unspecified moment and scene, jumps back a year and works its way up to that first scene--then goes beyond. This arrangement pulls you into the story from the first page, and holds you fast through the remainder of the book...