Word: shaking
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Despite shake-ups, the line showed no growing pains, working effectively as early as the first game of the season, powering junior tailback Troy Jones and freshman Chuck Nwokocha to 100 and 73-yard days, respectively, as the Crimson steamrolled Columbia...
Berman, a right-sided midfielder, caused problems for the opposing defense throughout the game with her well-timed runs down the flanks, but she--like the rest of the Harvard team--could not shake a very determined George Mason squad...
Danny's situation is not uncommon. While few teens view their neighborhood as dangerous, 40% of black teens reported that they knew someone their age who had been murdered, in contrast to only 15% of white teens. Black teens also feel they don't get a fair shake from the police: one-third of them feel they are at risk of being treated unfairly by cops, while only 1 out of 5 white teens shares that fear. Real improvement in communication, says historian John Hope Franklin, head of President Clinton's task force on race, won't come until...
...fountain on the campus of Marshall University in Huntington, W.Va. Water flows from the top of 75 strands of steel shaped and forged to look like a gigantic flower. On this particular autumn Saturday morning, the steady trickle is the only sound on a campus that will soon shake with cheers...
...valuable to have these ideas spoken aloud again. After all, that's one of the themes of Yerma--naming the unspeakable. As Yerma herself says: "There are things locked up behind the walls that can never change, because nobody hears them! But if they suddenly exploded, they would shake the world...