Word: sand
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...James Exon (D-Neb.) announced that he would not seek a fourth term in 1996, throwing a little sand on Democratic hopes to retake the Senate. Republicans now hold a 54-46 majority. Exon, who first won the seat in 1978, cited "the ever-increasing vicious polarization of the electorate" as a major reason for his departure. Sen. Alfonse D'Amato (R-N.Y.), who chairs the national Republican senatorial committee, said winning Exon's seat would be a GOP priority. D'Amato's Democratic counterpart, Sen. Bob Kerrey of Nebraska, now has to comb his largely Republican state...
...center's gymnasium, dance studio, computerroom, kitchen, game room and video productioncenter offer a variety of teen classes, rangingfrom college preparation to cooking. The centeralso houses a basketball league and a young men'sand young women's group...
Thanks to my traveling companion's connections, we settled in at a suite in a resort by the white-sand shore...
...found sand in my Corporate Finance book, notexactly the strongest stimulus to do my problemset...
...Negra, lies a poorer and more conservative Mexico. Here along the dry river beds suspicion of Uncle Sam remains pronounced. ``How did Mexico fall so quickly?'' asks Serafin Perez Nava, mayor of San JoseTetla (pop. 800). ``Under Salinas we thought we had prestige, but it washed away like a sand castle. Now they are mortgaging our country. What happens later if we can't pay our debts? Will the U.S. then ask for part of our territory?'' Carlos Garcia Moreno teaches 17 children in a one-room schoolhouse. His $70-a-week salary can no longer cover the pencils, notebooks...