Word: ridden
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Three years ago I watched as my grandmother slowly died, bit by bit, organ by organ. For the last six months of her life she was completely bed-ridden and could not speak except for incoherent murmurings which were too painful to listen to. Had she been in any condition to express her thoughts, I fear that she would have definitely asked to be put out of her suffering--"death with dignity" is how proponents of voluntary euthanasia would perhaps have advocated her case. At that time, I would have empathized with those who advocate surgeon-assisted suicide. Even today...
...years, the securities industry in the U.S. and elsewhere has been host to fast-buck brokerage firms that have ridden the back of the bull market like so many parasites. Typically, they hype penny stocks in tiny companies that are all promise and no delivery and then close up shop when the market hiccups or the regulators catch on, leaving gullible investors to count their losses...
Boutros-Ghali came in with a mandate to reform the bloated and debt-ridden U.N. but seemed to neglect that as he took on the role of foreign secretary to the world. He offended many when he condemned the Security Council for ignoring Somalia while it obsessed about Yugoslavia. Though he boasts about the reforms he initiated, he moved too little and too late to satisfy U.S. demands for sharp staff reductions and a zero-growth budget. His detractors say Boutros-Ghali was also burdened with a short fuse, large ego and thin skin...
...recently stumbled upon the solution to all the woes of Generation X. I think that I've finally found a way to silence the litany of whining alternative rockers. My idea may seem a bit bold, but visionary concepts often are. I propose that we gather up he angst-ridden masses and send them of as canon-fodder for a great big world...
Representing the 16th District is not the most glamorous job: Serrano's constituents live in one of the most poverty-ridden areas in the nation. In an attempt to fight the district's urban ills, he's sponsoring a trust fund that, if passed, will let taxpayers contribute $1 from their tax refund to help revitalize public libraries nationwide...