Word: repeated
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...fight Iraq on the ground because it has no bases in the region. It has no bases because the gulf Arabs are unwilling to be seen collaborating with the friend of their enemy Israel. Unless all parties can make common cause to stand up to Iraq, history threatens to repeat itself...
With each pitch, my sweaty hand gripped the leg of the table a little tighter, my heart and soul pleading for a Yankee hit. I even developed constantly changing rituals that I would repeat to myself, hoping they would somehow bring luck to one of those pinstriped heroes at the plate...
...While a repeat of the Arab oil embargo of 1973 seems a distant prospect, Saddam's sudden pre-eminence within OPEC does make it conceivable. The Iraqi despot has made clear that he believes oil should be used as a weapon in the Arab fight against Israel and its supporters, notably the U.S. If Saddam were gradually able to absorb Kuwait -- and Baghdad has long claimed, without any historical basis, that the country should rightfully be part of Iraq -- he would command an additional 10.3% of the world's proven oil reserves, making his country the unrivaled...
Nonetheless, the thesis is telling in at least one respect--it strongly reflects the careful deliberation and organization that marks most of Souter's subsequent legal writing. During the course of the three-chapter paper,Souter orders his arguments almost as if writing amathematical proof, often pausing to repeat hisarguments before moving...
Every problem in the first few days became a pattern. Enrico would ask me a question and I'd answer it. Then he'd ask another question that made it obvious he had misunderstood my answer. So I would repeat my answer again, phrased differently, and he would nod his head and then say something like "So we can take the Red Line to the Aquarium?" when I'd told him, no, they couldn...