Word: pondered
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...question to ponder over the post-World Series winter: How was it that Joe DiMaggio--a high school dropout whose favorite reading material was Superman comics, a man who was a lousy father, an unfaithful husband and a wife beater, a guy who was reluctant to enlist in World War II, someone who never did a meaningful day's work in the last 47 years of his life, who was monumentally vain and cheap and mistrustful--became a national hero...
...hand on the wheel and the other around a beer. He described the sex life of his bulls in intricate, ribald detail. He also, by his own account, spent time in the oak grove where his ancestors were buried. He would gaze down at the Pedernales River and ponder those things a rancher and a President must ponder...
Four Student Artists Ponder the State of the Arts at Harvard...
...more strident, decrying the investigation as a political witch hunt. According to legal experts, Ray's decision to convene a grand jury is not a harbinger of indictment. The Lewinsky panel expired a year ago, leaving Ray little choice but to impanel a new one if he hoped to ponder whether to bring charges. Grand juries often serve as rubber stamps for prosecutors, but they can also be used to test a case's viability. A former prosecutor said Ray may "want to see if the case flies" with ordinary Americans like those who would sit in judgment of Clinton...
...were still hoping for a real torch). As an added touch to emphasize that the transition had been made, the White House press plane broke down this afternoon (Gore's press plane had earlier suffered mechanical woes). But Monroe offers two other pieces of symbolism for the pundits to ponder. One, it's the home of La-Z-Boy, a fitting place for Clinton to start his political retirement. The other is less propitious for Gore: It's also the birthplace of a man with a rather unenviable record in big battles: Gen. George Custer...