Word: seems
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...They both seem like great orchestras, but I didn't really understand the difference. Bach Society doesn't just play Bach, and Mozart Society doesn't just play Mozart," she adds...
Novel approaches to babymaking seem to be coming at us so fast that we hardly have time to digest one before the next one hits--test-tube babies, egg donation, surrogacy, cloning and now sex selection. And just as with earlier methods, the new sperm-separation technique announced last week has triggered plenty of ethical concern. Only a few critics have argued that tampering with nature to avoid a sex-linked genetic disease should be taboo. But plenty have expressed misgivings about using the new technology more casually, to balance families, or simply because parents prefer boys or girls. Such...
...kind of as he always did before he [ejaculated], and then I stood up and I said...I care about you so much; ... I don't understand why you won't let me...; it's important to me; I mean, it just doesn't feel complete, it doesn't seem right...
...things seem to be happening way too fast in the world economy. Countries no longer slide into recession; they plunge headfirst over the cliff, faster than a fund manager can hit the redial button on his phone. Now that Russia's finances have imploded, the worriers are turning their attention to the other onetime communist colossus grappling with economic reform: China. Since the once vaunted "Asian miracle" has taken on the aura of a curse, a lot of investors and governments are asking if the People's Republic of China will be the next to fall...
...requests. Then--and here's the part of the film where we cue the Aerosmith ballad--he internalized the pressure and turned it into motivation. He held press conferences before every road series. He started to smile at reporters. By the end, when the fans' flashbulbs made the park seem like it was being pelted by a summer lightning storm, he stood in the on-deck circle with his eyes closed, calmly absorbing the energy. Whereas the fans' abuse made Roger Maris lose his hair and hate the game, McGwire reacted to the irrational expectations with irrational exuberance...