Word: passes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Dartboard has been patient. We are confident that this week's downright balmy weather will pass eventually, and that despite the threat of global warming, the traditionally bleak New England winter we know and love will return sooner or later--with a vengeance, we hope. At the very least, it has to snow at some point...
Busy schedules filled with coursework, extracurricular activities and socializing, lead many students to pass up the opportunity to help someone else's cause. Nevertheless, candidates have been able to drum up the support of anywhere from half a dozen to more than a hundred friends, blockmates, fellow Council members and student group leaders...
Sean Jefferson caught a desperation fourth-down pass falling out of bounds, and when the refs ruled that his feet had miraculously touched the ground while still in midair, I was cool as a cucumber...
...England had a Hail Mary answered with a pass interference call that looked like manna straight from heaven and I remained unruffled. So what if pass interference never gets called on Hail Marys. Score, I thought, no sweat. That just makes things more interesting...
...accusers included a plagiarist, an influence peddler, an apologist for organized crime and a criminally negligent motorist. It reminded me of the story of the woman who visits a butcher shop, picks up a chicken and starts prodding and sniffing the bird. The butcher asks, "Lady--you could pass such a test...