Word: ring
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...bemoan the corruption of the season if you must, but remember: that cubic zirconia ring isn't some needless trinket; it is a corpuscle in the bloodstream of a mighty economic engine. By the way, wouldn't a subscription to a lively, informative Weekly Newsmagazine make a splendid holiday offering...
Fundamentally, though, the argument is simply that the CPI needs fixing to reflect reality. Explanations are often couched in arcane jargon, but the principles ought to ring a bell with anyone who kicks at a tire or wheels a cart through a food store...
...than two hours from Albuquerque and an hour from anything that resembles civilization. No telephone bells fracture the silence. No TV images smear the crisp evening air. No pagers chirp. If you must reach one of the monks, a hand-carved wooden sign offers a simple 16th century suggestion: "Ring this bell...
Many parents seem similarly unable to turn their outrage about drug use into a clear and compelling message. When Marta, a willowy junior who sports a nose ring, was caught smoking pot on the street last spring, her mother arrived at the police station in a fury. "She just kept slapping me in the face, left and right," the 17-year-old remembers. But the anger only went so far. "My mom and I didn't tell my dad," Marta says. "He would have gone ballistic, and I would never get my car." Marta figures her mother thinks getting busted...
...They get in the ring and start knocking each other out. They don't get anything done," he said, continuing the boxing metaphor Asgedom had used...