Word: roughed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Heather felt the minutes slip past her too fast to be exhilarated about finishing her rough draft. She was typing her own thesis onto the computer in Littauer's basement--doing that, she supposed, would allow her to type what would become a final draft and yet make revisions. The computer, moreover, automatically numbered footnotes and put them at the bottom of pages. Heather figured that since she had taken Nat Sci 110 as a freshman, she could breeze through the preliminaries of learning how to operate the text-editing language. And at five pages an hour, she figured...
Ambrose Gaines IV is no lexicographer, but he has changed the definition of one word for people who follow swimming. "Rowdy," to them, no longer means rough or disorderly. It means rapidly successful, competitive, and very, very fast. It means Ambrose Gaines...
...first boat pulling away. With a time of 6:35, the Black and White had a good nine-second open-water safety margin at the finish line of the first race of the season, which was altered and shortened form 1500 to 1300 meters because of gusty headwinds and rough water...
...last year's game is any indication, this weekend's matchup should be a physical one. Kleinfelder's prediction for success, however, did not include rough housing. "We just have to hustle and win the ground balls," she said simply...
...forget to pick up a bandolier or belt carrier with extra ammo." Slings with spare rounds are a possibility, but remember: 'They are not appropriate for riots since they give the rioters something to grab." Another difficulty is proper training. As McLoughlin points out, "It's a little rough on the furniture to live fire indoors...