Word: redeemed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...There is a notion in Judaism of tikkun olam," Laudor told the Times in 1995, "to heal the world." He felt it was his calling to redeem pariahs, to prove that those afflicted with mental illness could still serve. In the complicated psychochemistry of madness, his very determination may have led to his undoing...
...staggering 500 billion points and miles annually--more than the airlines, rental-car companies and hotel chains can accommodate without cutting off their paying customers. Hotel rooms and airline seats are increasingly--and exasperatingly--scarce during peak travel times, which makes it harder and harder for travelers to redeem their points in the traditional fashion, even though such offerings are still the bread and butter of frequent-travel programs. With the average travel-frequency program costing $25 million to maintain, travel suppliers know they had better offer alternatives to their members, who may be shut out of award redemptions during...
...price from three to five dollars. While some may choose the peanut butter pie dressed with a drizzle of European chocolate, the Slice O' Skippy leaves something to be desired. Perhaps if the dry, dense Chocolate Bourbon Cake was mixed with it, the Reeses Peanut Butter Cup effect could redeem both...
...obvious that we still live very much in the shadow of the '60s. But it was equally obvious that the fire that fueled the brilliance of the era has long died out. Dylan's voice is still a nasal whine, but his lyrical efforts can no longer redeem it. Youthful abandon continues to stretch boundaries, but any spirit of adventure has been replaced by sad desperation. Halfway through Dylan's unintentionally elegaic performance, my schoolgirl friends stopped drinking, smoking and fondling each other. They sat slumped in their chairs, staring blankly into the vacuous arena. Suddenly, one girl vomited onto...
Since they didn't get the job done the night before, the Harvard players had a chance to redeem themselves and at least avoid last place in the consolation game against their Boston rivals...