Word: sinking
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...been discovered underneath the manicured lawns of Windsor Castle, the weekend retreat of the British royal family. Her Majesty gave permission to sink an exploratory well to test the reserves, which experts say could be worth more than $1 billion. Lest antimonarchists get outraged, any profits would be split by the state and the participating oil company...
They will have to finish off opponents against whom they've built big leads. They will have to sink pressure free throws down the stretch. (They were only seven of 13 from the line in the second half last night). And they will have to handle the pressure--both from opponents' defense, and from their own expectations and hopes for success...
...tried it out on my poor guinea pig class," he says. "I like it better than what I had been doing. I had everything but the kitchen sink in the course [last year...
...complained about NATO's vote last week to consider membership for former Warsaw Pact nations. "Why sow the seeds of distrust?" Yeltsin rhetorically asked. "After all, we are no longer enemies. We are all partners." He warned that NATO's action could force progress against the Cold War to "sink into oblivion." A Clinton Administration official dismissed Yeltsin's criticism as "alarmist...
...need to panic, though. If the Crimson (1-1 overall, 0-0 Ivy) can merely manage to sink just a few more of those jumpers that have been clanging off the rim, today's game against St. Francis should push the squad over .500 once again...