Word: run
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Commons to listen to the Queen's speech, and the Commons still slam the door in his face and keep it closed until he has knocked three times with his staff (all to commemorate a historical episode when the Commons refused to surrender several of their own who had run afoul of the king). The Yeomen of the Guard still search for powder kegs in the cellars of the Palace of Westminster (to commemorate the foiled Gunpowder Plot of 1605) and various officials still wear powdered wigs and walk backwards when retreating from the presence of the Queen...
Starting tomorrow, WHRB 95.3 FM, Harvard's student-run radio station, will move into the Internet age-- broadcasting live 24 hours a day via the World Wide...
...remarkable run this season was any indication though, this freshman class is well on its way to being put alongside last year's graduating squad as one of the most successful in school history...
...percent, or about $1.5 billion. And since he recently rejected a more substantial one-percent cut, it was unclear whether President Clinton would be willing to sign off on the proposed cuts. In the course of persuading the President to bend, Speaker Dennis Hastert was obliged to run up quite a phone bill: After two calls to Turkey, where the Clintons are touring, Hastert reported the two sides had reached an agreement, pending the expected approval of Dick Gephardt. The Minority Leader will confer with Congressional Democrats, many of whom are staunch in their opposition to across-the-board cuts...
...finals match was the culmination of a run that included a pin of Quaker Brett Vanderveer in forty-three seconds and an 11-10 victory in the semi-finals over Cornell's Dean Doyle...