Word: rawe
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...thundered down the runway, all grace and raw power, until it cartwheeled into the woods in a huge explosion. The lone U.S. Air Force pilot perished instantly in the crash at Germany's Spangdahlem air base last year. Another victim, far from the fireball that day, was also consumed--in a different way. He suffered much longer...
...does the industry make it so hard to download digital sounds? Because those raw strings of 1s and 0s represent their corporate crown jewels; once a master digital file falls into a pirate's hands, it can be copied and recopied, each new generation just as good as the first. That's why music companies are always looking for better ways to protect what's known as their intellectual property--if not with tougher trade laws then with more powerful encryption...
...does Molly shudder at the thought of eating eggs? Because several years ago, she saw the most famous antidrug commercial ever aired. The spot opens with a shot of a raw egg while a voice says, "This is your brain." The egg is then dumped onto a sizzling griddle while the voice says, "This is your brain on drugs." The commercial may well have put a number of teenagers off drugs. It put at least one six-year-old off eggs...
...think we started the year off very raw, very inexperienced [in penalty killing] like everywhere else and I think we've made tremendous strides there," Harvard coach Ronn Tommassoni said...
...blunt, breathless way, Morris went around the room describing the assets of each member of the team. He called Doug Schoen, the intense and bespectacled pollster, a superb numbers man and a loyal friend. Hank Sheinkopf, a straight-talking New York consultant, was a "raw talent" who excelled at making emotional attack ads. Marius Penczner, a video producer from Nashville, Tennessee, was a terrific shooter but didn't know much about politics. Bill Knapp, Squier's lanky partner, was a top-notch writer and manager, while Tom Ochs, the firm's third partner, was a tough political operative. And Morris...