Word: rip
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Calling present military spending levels "absurd," Agran said such expenditures indicate America has a "Rip Van Winkle President and a Rip Van Winkle Congress which has just slept through the end of the Cold...
...Green's offense is not the kind of unit that can rip defenses to shreds...
...ball feels like it's made out of steel. It'll just rip your hands when you catch it," he said...
HARVARD STUDENTS are a bit above this, although you might not always think so. Student organizations hold "comps" (or "punches") to weed out the unqualified. Students compete against each other for fellowships, grants, grades. A few students rip pages out of important reference books, or highlight them in black magic marker...
...questionnaires ask students to answer "yes" or "no" to 200 statements ranging from "I know how to successfully rip off a vending machine" to "I am an incest survivor." Other statements refer to habits, accomplishments, physical characteristics, parental income, sexual preference and race...