Word: pads
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...parted company over basic concepts. I'm for the preservation of the union as a country. I'm against what I've described as the pie being sliced up and served with tea. ((Gorbachev doodles on a pad; what emerges is a picture of a pie with crisscross lines through it.)) Who has the right to cut this country into pieces...
...launching pad for a spectacular season in which he scored 23 touchdowns, averaged 159 all-purpose yards per game and set several NCAA records, including most consecutive regular-season games (10) with at least one TD reception...
...plant, with a 90,000-gal.-a-day capacity, and two tanks holding 250,000 gal. of water could last some 200 people more than a month; underground ponds hold additional water supplies. Not far from the installation's entry gate are a control tower and a helicopter landing pad. The mountain's real secrets are not visible at ground level...
...Crimson would be sorry that it had let the sluggish Bears back into the game. On Brown's next power play, a Harvard bench minor, Bears' center, feisty 5'8", 170-lb Joey Beck, ripped a low, fast wrist shot by Roy's left pad to cut the Harvard lead to one goal, 3-2, leading into the second intermission...
...Prosperity has its price: Bradshaw has critics as well as devotees. Old- guard A.A. members are appalled by the way he flouts its tradition of anonymity, using his experiences as a recovering alcoholic as a launching pad for his views. Others raise questions about how lasting and effective his brand of "quick fix" self-help can be, especially for people who may be seriously troubled by long-term emotional problems. Some psychotherapists consider Bradshaw's approach to self-improvement overly simplistic and wonder whether his emphasis on early-childhood experiences gives people a convenient excuse to avoid responsibility for their...