Word: phrase
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...toes as though someone had slashed me from behind" or "the armchairs on either side of the fire [were] now mute and emptied of all confidences in the whitened light of...the tall windows" seem not only unaffected but completely natural. Hmmph, that's exactly how I would phrase it myself, one thinks wishfully...
Except that I'm a bit tired of the routine comedy that attends being father of the bride. Here's a joke I've been living on since the date was set: "I've learned the phrase 'And that's a very good price.' I ask them, 'What's a bad price?'" It earns the appropriate level of laughter...
According to Miller, this phrase was translated into competitive generosity within the current aid system, combined with longer office hours as Byerly Hall explained its informal outreach to concerned parents and students...
Merilee S. Grindle, Mason professor of international development, said the KSG depended on Lucker's wisdom, noting the frequency with which the phrase "Ask Marge" was heard around the school. "I confess to being a committed ask-Marger," she said...
...andshowed a high level of poise rare in a rookie. Heroutstanding quickness and ball-handling skills aresure signs of a promising collegiate career. Addthe fact that Harvard will welcome one of itsstrongest recruiting classes in the fall, anddespite graduating the greatest Ivy League women'splayer ever in Feaster, the phrase "four-peat" isbeing thrown around already...