Word: rope
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...decide if this was the way I wanted to end my "living hell." Kay Weekley was a victim of a tragedy that has happened to others over and over again. I know the pain and I have the scars. Like her I had come to the end of my rope after a beating that left my body broken and traumatized...
...federal investigation and false reporting. Sawyer, 38, who faces a possible six-month jail term, was charged with obstruction of justice and is currently cooperating with police in their ongoing investigation of the leak. The photographs showed the garotte used to strangle six-year-old JonBenet, a rope tied to her wrist and a scene of her body lying in the Ramsey living room, where her father had carried her after finding her in the basement. The Globe, which had asked around to see who had developed the crime scene shots, agreed to return the photos on Tuesday now that...
...nearing the end of my rope. The amount of money I have spent on transcripts probably exceeds the annual budget of some small countries. I have declared my marital status so many times that I am tempted to adopt a few kids just to make that question on dependents more interesting. And please, don't ask me for my Social Security number; I'm sure you can retrieve it from one of the hundreds of forms out there that have it neatly typed in the upper right-hand corner...
...Bill Clinton is still campaigning. He is still working the rope lines, empathizing like all get-out. He astonished NATO foreign ministers when he answered a question about the long-term military security of Western Europe by saying his Administration had put 100,000 policemen on the street and created 10.5 million new jobs. And Clinton continues to stake out the middle ground by bringing up tiny but symbolic issues like school uniforms--practicing what some analysts call "the politics of miniaturization...
...shouldn't be expecting any help from Armey's army. Even a relatively accommodating Gingrich may not be able to pry any Armey loyalists away. Armey, who is from Texas, likes to compare the more moderate members of his own party to skittish calves. Look for him to rope them in. By the time his second term is over, Clinton may be longing for the golden days of the past Congress...