Word: shapes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...when the blood is pumping and the butterflies are churning, it is easier to work hard on defense than it is to create in midfield and on offense, and the first half began to take the shape of a series of turf wars; neither side willing to concede an inch of its half of the field...
...political aura is everywhere. Images of the past bombard one's eyes at every turn. Men who were once shaped by this University have gone on to shape the world. It isn't possible to dive into the MAC's swimming pool without seeing a plaque honoring John F. Kennedy's memory. The robust and austere portrait of Theodore Roosevelt, stares down everyone who passes through the Union's doors...
...accomplishments of the freshmen's high school careers provide any indication of what is to come, Harvard hockey is in great shape...
...constitution is no easy matter. The absence of a monarch in the British constitution would lead inevitably to discussions of reform in the House of Lords, the electoral system, a new center of executive power in the Commons and a host of other special interests seeking an opportunity to shape the direction of the nation. Who knows where it would...
...years ago, says Handy, the brick structure was not only decrepit but crawling with rats and mice and "roaches so big you could feel the critters move under your foot." Academically, the school, which serves 2,051 students -- prekindergarten through the eighth grade -- was in just as bad shape. On any given day, he relates, a significant number of the kids were on "disciplinary removal," hanging out unsupervised and causing trouble on the block. "I would intervene in a street fight four or five times a week," says Handy. "Every morning the white students, especially the girls, would wait until...