Word: ran
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Barry Goldwater liked to tell a story about his Uncle Morris, who ran the family dry-goods store in Prescott, Ariz., at the turn of the century. The town bluenoses, so the story goes, got word that one of Morris' salesgirls had once been a hooker, and a group of housewives descended on the store to demand that she be fired as an act of civic hygiene...
...private quarters at the Ritz Hotel--was a plush ending that probably would not have been predicted for Chanel by the nuns in the Aubazine orphanage, where she spent time as a ward of the state after her mother died and her father ran off. No doubt the sisters at the convent in Moulins, who took her in when she was 17, raised their eyebrows when the young woman left the seamstress job they had helped her get to try for a career as a cabaret singer. This stint as a performer--she was apparently charming but no Piaf...
...twice ran unsuccessfully for a seat in the lower house of parliament and was instrumental in a failed 1983 campaign to legalize abortion...
...women's side, the Crimson were paced by Angell, runner-up in the 1500 meter, and Goldkamp, who notched a third place finish in the 800 meter. Senior Jenny Berrien also ran well, finishing fourth in the 100-meter hurdles...
Pochoda held just a three seed entering the tournament, which meant the road to the finals ran through top-seeded Princeton freshman Julia Beaver. It took five games for Pochoda to put the freshman in her place, as she went on to win 9-1, 7-9, 9-7, 6-9, 9-6 in a hotly contested veteran versus rookie matchup...