Word: rode
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...younger brother, the years of waiting were filled with long school days that included, after a quick stop at home for dinner, a 20-minute bike ride to a cram school for extra tutoring. As they rode home in the dark through the empty countryside, the eerie sounds of frogs and crickets would sometimes scare the brothers into frenzied pedaling. Street stickball was a welcome interruption. And whenever he could, Da-i would sneak off to the neighborhood store to leaf through comic books...
This year, Rawlins is attempting to come into her own, while still retaining the ideological agenda that Hyman rode to three consecutive presidential victories...
...second half, Harvard rode Hu. It was as if Harvard coach Tim Murphy had said, "Eion, take us home," He had done so in The Game last year, rushing for 175 yards and barreling in for the winning touchdown with seconds left to play...
Jones crossed over to the G.O.P. when he lost the Democratic nomination for Congress in 1992--and is staying on the horse he rode in on: he opposes tax increases on tobacco, a staple of his district's economy; he's for reforming Medicare and Medicaid but vows to protect senior citizens; and he opposes congressional pay hikes...
Bilbray, a surfer, became mayor of Imperial Beach at the fresh age of 27 and rode a G.O.P. wave to congressional victory in 1994. He spent much of his first term working on environmental issues--notably, he helped San Diego win exemption from some sewage-treatment regulations--but shows signs of centrism with a vote against repealing the assault-weapons...