Word: rides
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...training's going well," Cohen said. "It's great to have the [cycling] team here, because there are people to ride with...
...answer is that Yugoslavia's disintegration is internally driven; international onlookers are merely going along for the ride. Centuries of simmering ethnic hatreds are now so fully aroused that each embattled group is convinced that its opponents -- many of whom were friendly neighbors up until a few months ago -- are guilty of unbounded perfidy. In Bosnia, where Croats, Serbs and Muslims have lived peaceably side by side for decades, the Serbs have already forced Muslim President Alija Izetbegovic to agree to a tripartite division of the newly independent country into ethnic regions. The absurdity of it all is on display...
...owners agreed that in races in the U.S., jockey Pat Valenzuela would ride Arazi wearing Paulson's red-white-and-blue silks, while in Europe the British-based Cauthen would be in Sheik Mohammed's maroon and white. What the pair did not resolve was which contests Arazi would enter; instead, they determined that if they could not agree, trainer Boutin would make the choice in the horse's best interest...
...there any question what our grandfathers and great-grandfathers would have done for 1,600 men held prisoner only a day's ride from Austin?" cried Perot, who then explained that Hanoi was only 24 hours away by air, and we should saddle up, ride out and get 'em. He further urged the State of Texas to deploy a delegation of local leaders to confront the Pathet Lao and the Viet Cong and to demand the release of Texas POWS. Our then Governor, known to all as POP Smith, for Poor Ol' Preston, was intellectually challenged by the task...
...year on maintenance and construction, the Federal Highway Administration admits that 52% of these thoroughfares are in miserable condition. Some are rated "low fair," meaning rutted, cracked and sometimes "unfit for high-speed travel." Others are "poor," meaning they have excessive bumps, depressions and potholes that "provide an uncomfortable ride." Roads like this contribute to congestion and accidents, which the government says cost the country $120 billion a year -- and untold lives...