Word: regimen
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Cohen, who has also garnered numerous awards in speed skating, said she hopes to compete in both sports in the 1992 Olympics. She added that she began cycling at the age of nine as part of a training regimen for speed skating...
...months have depreciated against other major currencies. Japan can well absorb a price increase because of its enormous trade surplus, which it would like to whittle down anyway. Moreover, after the price shocks of 1973 and '79, Japan put the brakes on oil consumption, mainly through a serious conservation regimen, and did not release those brakes after the crises...
...there is nothing physically or genetically unique about the man. His exercise routine is strenuous but not fanatic; his preparation for each game is exhaustive; his dedication to the game is exemplary; his no-frills personality allows him to focus utterly on the craft of humiliating batters. This regimen helped spirit him off last month's disabled list, where he had languished with a bad back, and onto the Oakland mound last week. A healthy mind in a healthy body: as simple as one, two, three strikes...
...rises over rugged peaks, more than 80 young men and women are busy shoveling horse droppings at the elite Thacher School, a 425-acre sprawl of corrals and classrooms that combines New England-style prep-school life with the ethos of Western ranching. As part of their regimen, students must feed the horses and muck out their stalls before breakfast. Some students grumble about the early-morning chores, but most of them ultimately embrace the school's central belief that a connection exists between caring for a horse and conquering calculus. "Before I came here, it never clicked with...
...twelve-story building off what we later learned was Gagarin Avenue and taken to an apartment on the first floor. In a large room a man seated behind a desk said, "I'm Perelygin, deputy procurator for the Gorky district. I've been instructed to inform you of your regimen: you are forbidden to go beyond the city limits of Gorky. You'll be kept under surveillance, and you are forbidden to meet with or contact foreigners or criminal elements. The MVD will let you know when you're required to check in at their headquarters. If you have...