Word: pounds
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...like going trick-or-treating because I crave going to new places and meeting new people," 10-year-old Roger Lee said. "The haunted house makes my heart pound, and the candy is fun to get because my mom doesn't usually...
...first half, we tried to spread them out and throw the ball and I think they did a pretty good job keeping us off balance with the blitzes," Murphy said. "In the second half, as well as our defense was playing, we just decided to pound it and our kids responded on both sides of the ball...
Today scientists manufacture buckyballs by the pound and in a variety of sizes and shapes, from flat sheets to long filaments. Some can hold atoms of other elements in their hollow interiors; others can conduct electricity. Given the versatility of buckyballs, scientists predict that they will someday be used for, among other things, drug-delivery systems, superfine electrical wires and hairlike tubes of unprecedented tensile strength...
...Dole has to make a decision. Will he spend it campaigning primarily for himself, or campaigning to help the Republican Party. One indication of his choice will be in how he approaches the last two weeks. "It will be interesting to see if he continues to take risks and pound away at Clinton's character or if he takes a longer view and tries to achieve what he can without a win," says TIME's Tamala Edwards. "He's stuck between the two. Does he want to go out screaming his way into history or be remembered for running...
...those movies where the entire film is defined by the central performance," concedes Collins director Neil Jordan. "And Liam carries the film through like a train. He never stops." To be sure, Collins provides Neeson with a lot of big scenes in which to holler and pound tables and make like a potential Academy Award winner, but the quieter moments are his most impressive ones. For example, in a scene in which Collins meets with a housemaid who has agreed to do some spying for him, Neeson throws her the kind of gently flirtatious smile that convinces us of Collins...