Word: shorted
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...they don't go down. Last year, I told her next year. This year, I'm telling her the same thing. But I do hope to go next year. The problem is I work in the summer and eight weeks goes by very fast. Two weeks vacation is too short. It's 900 dollars for nothing. By the time you go you have to come back. If it was a month, it would be different...
...British accents. They talk of Boston and the Square, at a volume sufficient to drown out most of my other conversations. Finally, the driver surrenders; "What brings you to Boston?" he asks. The blonde begins to detail their vacation. The loudest of the four, a bandanna tied around her short dark curls, turns to a third and exclaims, "OOOOOH, YES! We have engaged the bus in conversation!" Hmph. Actually, I didn't say anything. But I should have known they'd be trouble; those who know board by Holyoke Gate...
...capsule biography on Gore's Web site skips his Harvard education altogether, going straight from his adolescence in Carthage, Tenn. to his experiences in Vietnam. It does, however, mention his short stint at divinity school...
After all, the Crimson was ranked No. 7 in the country, was riding a 10-game win streak and had plastered the Eagles 4-0 a short month...
...concession, there is a hint of last-minute sellers' remorse hovering in the Washington air. And while it's been a relatively bile-free bargaining process, the annual money talks were hardly a love-fest: Since October 1, the official beginning of fiscal year 2000, Congress has approved six short-term spending bills - quick fixes to keep the government up and running without a budget. Today, says TIME Washington deputy bureau chief Matthew Cooper, Republicans are just happy to escape relatively unscathed, with or without a last-minute victory. "They're eager to go back to their constituents and tell...