Word: rest
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...went back to the house and looked under "Arms Dealers" in the Yellow Pages. I noticed a small ad at the very end of the section: "You've tried the rest, now buy the best. All makes and models. U.S. D.O.D., 1-800-555-ARMS. Must be over 21." I dialed...
...whatever Duncan decides about the rest of his hoop career, the fates have conspired to create one hell of a trivia question for future generations...
BOSTON--The Boston Celtics had trouble getting excited again after one of the most exciting playoff series in their history. The Detroit Pistons had trouble getting their rhythm back after five days of rest...
While these developments are familiar, there is one respect in which our relations with the rest of the world have not gone exactly as one might have expected. As the welfare of nations grows ever more interdependent, one might have thought that America would be entering into more and more forms of close international cooperation. And so we did, at least for a time. After World War II, the United States led the way in developing the United Nations, in supporting international organizations and agreements of many kinds, in upholding international law, proposing limits on atomic weapons, promoting freer trade...
Initially, it may seem odd that we should retreat from international cooperation at the very time that our commercial, cultural, and economic ties to the rest of the world are steadily growing stronger. After further thought, our behavior is not so difficult to understand...