Word: resorted
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...confronted the problem once and for all during a three-day weekend in late July 1986 at the Broadmoor, a grand old resort in Colorado Springs. The Bushes and their closest friends had gone there to escape the Oil Patch and celebrate a communal 40th-birthday party: George and Don Evans both turned 40 that month, and their wives would reach the milestone in the fall. Joe and Jan O'Neill (she was also nearing 40) were there as well. The men made for the links--"George plays golf like it was soccer," says O'Neill, "chasing after the ball...
...students who took The Art of Loving Well course were less likely to rush into sex. Scott Gardner, a South Dakota State University assistant professor evaluating marriage ed in that state's schools, found that after a semester-long course, students were more likely to reason out arguments than resort to aggression...
...decide, it's critical to orient your child to each new location along your route, brief him on what to do if he gets separated, and work hard to keep that from happening. To spot one another in a crowd, families can wear similar shirts or hats. Some resort to "leashes" to keep their toddlers close. Just in case, carry a recent photo of your child, and be prepared to provide an exact description, including height, weight and clothing...
...jokes, the promise of a treat at the next rest stop, your willingness to tell one more story about that horse Dixie, his owner Mary Beth and all their animal friends on the farm in Tennessee. So whether you're headed for a nearby campground or a five-star resort, you owe it to your place in posterity to make getting there as much fun as being there. Bon voyage...
...search of a juicy beach book that you need not be embarrassed to be seen with at the most exclusive resort? Get your hands on City of Light, a full-to-the-brim first novel. Set in turn-of-the-century Buffalo, N.Y.--a city that's being electrified, literally, by the new turbines at Niagara Falls--the book is part mystery and part historical melodrama, fluently mixing fact and fiction, with the sort of Victorian plot devices that guarantee a straight-through, sleepless read. The novel is no Ragtime, but it's close--an operatic potboiler, fat with romance...