Word: plate
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...sniper's bullet, his name appeared on an anti-abortion Web site called "The Nuremberg Files" with a black line through it. The Web site, whose sponsors include the American Coalition of Life Advocates, collects and displays detailed information--including photographs, home addresses, names of family members and license plate numbers--about doctors who provide abortions as their primary service. The site's list is updated with black lines for doctors who have been slain and gray lettering for those who have been wounded...
...never seen the place as packed as it was that day, full--from what I could tell over some egg rolls and a plate of chicken-fried rice--with Asians and fellow Jews. I'm guessing from the icicles on my nose that it was damn cold outside, so the crooked sign hanging in the window, "Yenching--Open Until 11," was a most welcome sight. And in the warmth of the restaurant, drinking hot tea and reading the New York Times in the company of others for whom Jesus's birthday is simply another occasion to go to the movies...
...even--there was Lucianne Goldberg. There's always been a Lucianne Goldberg. "This was years ago," Lucianne is saying. She's sitting in the bar of a steak-and-martini joint on Manhattan's West Side. We're done with the martinis, and now she's stabbing at a plate piled with steak tartare...
...some lawyer. How else to explain soaring Internet IPOs despite pages spelling out potentially fatal risks? Addressing this issue in his 1996 IPO of Berkshire Hathaway B shares, Warren Buffett in bold letters urged all to read the material and "ignore anyone telling you that these statements are boiler plate or unimportant." That's a start. But be ready to check further...
Before the season started, I made a commitment to take my game to a higher level. I have always been a power hitter, but I felt I could become a more selective batter. Sometimes I tried too hard to do too much. I would go to home plate and swing hard at almost everything instead of having the calm to wait for the right pitch. My new goal was to be a greater offensive threat. With patience, an improved swing and a sharper eye, I felt I could bring more to the batter's box and be an even steadier...