Word: nods
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...nod to growing public pressure, the Queen will voluntarily begin paying taxes on her private income...
...women can find redemption through suffering. Bernadette Counihan, a Franciscan nun in Iowa, believes that Christian truth is at stake. "Jesus never said if you want to be my disciple, go out and fulfill yourself. He said take up your cross, deny yourself and follow me." Feminists may nod knowingly, sensing paternalism, or propose that ennobling pain could also be produced by leaving cherished tradition. "Very often, what we're called to do within the promptings of the Holy Spirit is very painful," says Nancy Wuller, a progressive lay leader in California. "Look, we're following somebody who was crucified...
Regardless of how the poll results are brokendown--by sex, year, house or ethnicity--Clintongets the nod from every grouping...
...secret U.S. bombing in Cambodia, discovers that Chuyen, its key agent, may be a North Vietnamese double. The agent represents a profound threat to what the Green Berets perceive as a sensitive covert White House operation. A low-level CIA official in the embassy gives a wink and a nod for termination with extreme prejudice. Colonel Robert Rheault, a Green Beret officer cut in the Ollie North mode, orders Chuyen's death...
...first victory over Holy Cross since 1977--a 48-0 thrashing to top that...One reason for the Big Green's continued dominance is junior quarterback Jay Fiedler, currently the seventh best signal-caller in Division I-AA. Fiedler got his third Ivy Offensive Player of the Week nod for his 23-for-34, 307-yard air-fest against the Crusaders...Linebacker extraordiaire Chris Zingo was voted Defensive Player of the Week for his manhandling of the Harvard's offensive line. Zingo tallied 11 solo tackles and 13 overall...New Canaan, Conn. is not known for many sports other than...