Word: seale
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...White House wants to make a deal with Gingrich, who they think may prove a more durable budget ally than House Democratic leaders. Meeting with Democratic brethren last week, the President shared none of the details of the emerging agreement, but promised he wouldn't seal a deal without support from at least half of all congressional Democrats. The message was double-edged and not very reassuring. As a participant said, "The President is willing to split his party in half just to get a deal...
That means a split this weekend will seal the division title for Harvard...
Someone might take a tape, though. To listen is not to read (especially if the book is abridged), but it's close enough for many. Audiobooks, long tainted by their association with motivational infomercial gurus, got a sorely needed cultural seal of approval when Hillary Clinton received a Grammy Award for her spoken version of her book, It Takes a Village. The market for audiobooks is booming. That may be, in part, because they are compact and convenient and offer pseudo intimacy with sages and celebrities. The forthcoming John F. Kennedy: A Journey to Camelot by Paul Werth will...
...offensive firepower continued. With juniors Aaron Kessler and David Forst hugging first and second respectively, sophomore Andrew Huling sent a pitch from B.C.'s David Conley over the fence in right-center to all but seal the win for Harvard and starter Andrew Duffell...
Through blind physics, the Antarctic can confer on a dead seal the splendor of an Arthurian burial rite. A corpse will become frozen beneath some floating ice, then rise slowly to the top as ice forms below and evaporates above. Once on the surface, the body insulates the underlying ice from the sun, causing it to form a pedestal as the surrounding ice recedes. Eventually, the ice breaks up, and the seal, mummified by the dry, cold climate, drifts out to sea. As layers of warm and cold air bend light and play tricks on the eye, it can appear...