Word: shook
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...bystander shook his head, said "Surely you jest," and then signed the petition. Harold Kim '86, who also inscribed his name said, "Tell me if it works. Then I'll get my little sister...
...through the canyon, the people huddled beside their fires. The days had become short and cold, and the tribe's store of food was running low. Every day the people asked a tribal elder when the warming sun would return. But Sun Watcher, as he was called, sadly shook his head. The sun father, he said, was still journeying away. Then one day, when it seemed as if the far-off disc had barely risen above the horizon, Sun Watcher's wizened face broke into a smile. The sun father, he announced, had decided to return. The days...
...Stone, 75, journalist: "The first President I shook hands with was Calvin Coolidge. In those days the President would shake hands with any high school class that arrived in Washington. There was so little for him to do. Reagan is very similar to Coolidge...
...giant fireball shot 1,000 ft. into the air. Windows shattered and burglar alarms were touched off for miles around, and residents of communities almost 100 miles away reported that their homes shook. In the predawn hours last Friday, a thunderous explosion ripped through three towering gasoline tanks at a Texaco storage facility in Newark. The blast killed one man and injured 21 others. After using water and foam to contain the blaze, hundreds of fire fighters watched as the giant vessels slowly began to burn themselves out. By daylight the tanks, filled with some 3.4 million...
...professor shook his head, and opened up his middle drawer I'm sorry," he said pulling out his black grade book. "I've made an effort to work things out here, really I have. "He flipped through the book until he found the page he was looking for. "Here we are," he said "I'm afraid my little attempt to loosen you up hasn't proven too successful I really have no other choice. You will have to receive a C for the course...