Word: signaled
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...then it went on, day after day, Monday through Sunday." When she needed to go to the bathroom, Les, by now in his late 70s, would have to lift her from wheelchair to toilet and pull down her slacks. Once while Les was out, the radio lost its signal: Sue listened to static for hours, unable to get to the dial...
...what? To lose him to some exquisite little girl with long hair flicking like a horse's mane, a student drawn to him and he to her, intoxicated with the wine dark words of Walt Whitman, yes, okay, that's as it should be." Since when does turning 30 signal the onset of senescence? Admittedly, there is a certain fragility to women's social status as they age, but this tends to be counteracted by the rewards of a rich and fulfilling professional life...
...trip back into Manhattan went almost as well. But five stops before ending his adventure, a slight incline sent the train speeding downhill, exceeding a 20-m.p.h. speed limit. Before Keno could slow train, he went through a speeding signal and tripped an emergency brake. The train hissed to a dead stop. All he had to do was get out of the train, get onto the tracks and reset the brake. But Keno was afraid of the dark subway tunnels, the rats and exposed high-voltage lines. For a full 30 minutes he sat panicked as the conductor and Transit...
...Faculty of Arts and Sciences voted Tuesday to distance itself from the ROTC program, in another move that some said was aimed at sending a signal to Powell about gay rights...
...weapons, Russia will also resume testing. Currently, the U.S. military is prohibited from testing until July 1, when the moratorium mandated by Congress ends. The Pentagon wants to resume small-scale testing of bombs under 1 kiloton (explosive force=1,000 tons of TNT). Yeltsin's warning is a signal that if that happens, the nuclear race could be back...