Word: packed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...birders seem to harbor a few doubts about the chasing game. "It's ridiculous -- it costs more money than booze and takes more time," says Thompson Marsh, a professor at the University of Denver College of Law. Marsh, 84, who began listing birds in 1918, still hunts with the pack and is ranked fifth on the North American list. If someone wants to start a Birdwatchers Anonymous, says Marsh, he is ready to join. "I experience recurring intervals of lucidity," he says. "When a chaffinch turned up in New Brunswick, I stayed right here and I felt fine. Maybe there...
...specify precisely how those new levies might be raised. One ploy Congress is almost certain to consider, though, is a steeper "sin tax" on such items as alcohol and tobacco. A congressional study has estimated that raising the federal excise tax on each bottle of wine and six-pack of beer by around 50 cents could swell coffers by more than $4 billion, while a 16 cents increase on each pack of cigarettes could bring in $2.9 billion...
...disintegration of Gary Hart's candidacy left a void where the structure of the nomination contest should be. Though Hart had been a weak leader of the pack -- short of deeply committed supporters and ready campaign cash -- his place at the top dictated the shape of the race. Each of the seven other Democrats had to strive to become Hart's chief rival in the winter carnival of early caucuses and primaries...
...black boot came through the door, then another, followed by the unmistakable odor of grease and grenadine. The black tweed jacket, the streak of slick-backed hair, the 10-pack of black, Bic ball-point pens. "Who is this...
...third doubles, Berry and Stinebaugh fell to Princeton's Pack and Gerkin, 6-2, 6-1. Meanwhile, Engle and Laddin recorded a 7-6 victory in the first set of second doubles action. The duo was down 6-1 in the tie-breaker before bouncing back to capture eight of the next nine points. The doubles contigent went on to crush Pack and Gerkin, 6-1, in the second...