Word: ringed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Turn off the bell," his posters read, referring to the 60 chimes set off each day at Memorial Church at 8:45 a.m. In a seemingly logical position, he suggests, "Let's change it to have the bells ring nine times at 9:00. It's at least worth investigating...
...know too much about computers, but I'm beginning to appreciate the so-called information-highway thing that everyone's been talking about. "Internet" certainly has a nice ring...
...plunge into brokerage and investment banking fields that GE knew little about. Scandal struck soon after the deal was completed when former Kidder merger whiz Martin Siegel pleaded guilty to illegal stock trading and tax evasion in a case that broke open Wall Street's most notorious insider- trading ring. This year Kidder has witnessed not only another huge scam but a swift run-up in interest rates that has battered the firm's portfolio of mortgage-backed securities; the drubbing could mean more than $500 million in losses for the ailing brokerage house, according to an outside estimate...
...obviously itched to get back into the main ring even while Republicans held the White House. He told the New York Times he had written to Deng Xiaoping and Francois Mitterrand urging a vote against the U.N. resolution authorizing the use of force against Iraq. That attempt to undermine the policy of his own country's government was, Carter conceded, "perhaps not appropriate...
Destroying a soccer field is not like making snow angels. It is like smashing a golden ring into pieces with a sledge hammer. It is like spitting on a gift and throwing it back at the giver. It is mannerless...