Word: ran
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...attacked a lot, ran around my backhand and came to net as much as possible," Majmudar said...
...other members of the executive board, vice president Brian B. Blais '97, secretary Lamelle D. Rawlins '99 and treasurer Edward B. Smith III '97 ran unopposed...
...government office in Lima "facing a photograph of the President of the Republic, who seemed to look at him sardonically from the wall." It is an odd moment for the reader because, had recent history turned out differently, that photograph might have been of Mario Vargas Llosa, who ran unsuccessfully for the presidency of Peru in 1990. Of course, had Vargas Llosa won that election, he almost certainly would not have had the time to write Death in the Andes...
Iowa voters have seen plenty of Forbes on the small screen; now they're keen to eyeball him in the flesh. He's attracting good crowds--150 to 250 people--who mainly want to make sure that he's not as kooky as that other multimillionaire who once ran for President. His seriousness and earnestness tell them that, while his occasional sheepish grins reveal that he's not an automaton either. He has the courage of his awkwardness. In Council Bluffs, Chris Bridgeford, who owns his own construction business, listened to Forbes and said, "I was hoping to hear something...
...knows when the expectations game first became part of the process, but Larry O'Brien, who ran John Kennedy's 1960 campaign, loved recalling how "we suckered everyone in West Virginia." J.F.K.'s own polls had him beating Hubert Humphrey with 60% of the vote in that state, which at the time held a crucial primary. "But we successfully touted our strength at 40%," O'Brien said. "When we hit 60% it was considered remarkable...