Word: pound
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...same time as the foreign disease. He brings to his new home all the attentive relish of an affectionate visitor, savoring the local talk of "horny pills" and "smiling mighty Jesus" and rolling on his tongue the names of the towns where he works: "Mountain City, Tazewell, Grundy, Norton, Pound...
...rare occasion, the 98-pound math genius will try to correct something said by the Jockicus, but will invariably lose because of his inferior lung power...
...hardly been models of military precision. In misty weather, embattled U.N. peacekeepers called for fighter-bombers to hit Serbian tanks that were firing into Gorazde. Two U.S. Air Force F-16s swept in and dropped three 500-lb. bombs on some tents. The following day, as shells continued to pound Gorazde, two Marine F/A-18s tried to drop four bombs on the Serbs. One bomb remained stuck in its rack; two hit the ground but failed to explode. The planes swooped down in the wake of the bomb that did blow up and strafed Serb positions with cannon fire, wrecking three...
...barracks. Belgium is withdrawing its 400 soldiers; U.N. Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali told the Security Council last week that unless there is a cease-fire soon, he will recommend the withdrawal of all but a skeletal staff of 250 peacekeepers. "If we are just cooped up watching them pound each other, then we have to seriously assess the risk of keeping these soldiers here," said the U.N. commander, General Romeo Dallaire of Canada...
Eighteen year-old kid, headed for Harvard, dies by electrocution on spring break. Grabbed a pole to hoist his 6'2," 215-pound frame out of a jacuzzi. The pole--I don't know why--was electrified. It never should have been...