Word: motor
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Obviously, Jackie Mason has nothing to prove anymore. Recently, he's been letting his mouth motor along completely unrestrained: "Clinton would just as easily kill as Hitler would. He has no conscience," he said in a recent interview without explaining himself. As a result, the press has labelled him an "equal opportunity offender," a title he doesn't seem to mind. In Much Ado About Everything, he doesn't give a hoot about political correctness or being temporarily offensive, as long as it produces the all-important laugh...
...secrets to the Soviet Union's repeated success in various Olympic sports was that the country's state-run system allowed the government to go into preschools and scout out children with particularly good motor and balancing skills-and then, after interviewing the children's parents to see if their body types were conducive to a particular sport, to begin training the children immediately. It's easy to use this fact as a way of showing the failure of communism to recognize personal liberties. But all we have to do is create a market for such performers in America...
...Dorchester resident reported that at 1:20 a.m., a homeless person broke off the driver's side mirror of his motor vehicle parked in Harvard Square...
...cutoff birth month for starting school should be later for boys than for girls. Once there, boys should be allowed to move around more, taking short recesses when they are restless. They should be able to use computers rather than be forced to write by hand before their small-motor skills are developed. Noting that boys constitute 71% of school suspensions and are less likely to go to college than girls (58% vs. 67%), he says, "Boys' self-esteem as learners is more at risk than that of girls...
...full lips, surprising poise and a team of exceptionally well-dressed lawyers. "Miss Lewinsky," the lawmaker begins solemnly, "I know this must be very difficult for you, but we have before us a very serious matter." The witness offers a weak smile, triggering a blizzard of clicks from the motor-driven shutters of 30 cameras. The Congressman awkwardly clears his throat and plunges forward. "Miss Lewinsky, on the first occasion that the President of the United States fondled and kissed your breasts, is it your recollection that his intention was to gratify you sexually...