Word: sit
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...school day after his sister's death, Joe came to the auto shop. Mandernach, unprompted, said, "If you need somebody to just listen, I'm always here." Joe wasn't talking much to anybody, but sometimes he came in and told Mandernach that he needed some time. Joe would sit in his car, and Mandernach, if he could get class coverage, would slip out and check...
Dole declined to endorse any of the other Republican candidates at this time. But her network of campaign staff will likely not sit out the rest of the campaign, Simpson said...
True, but more drastic action is needed to get circulation in order. The Quad problems seem particularly chronic. Almost every day, piles of newspapers sit in the corner of the dining halls. Perhaps the maintenance workers who deliver The Crimson need more direct supervision. Students have come to expect The Crimson at their doors every morning, and many of us rely on it to find out what is going on around campus. Student groups use it to advertise, expecting that all undergraduates will receive the paper...
...movie and this fact, coupled with our optimistic belief that happy endings still exist, leaves us confident that Alvin Straight will be reunited with his brother Lyle (Harry Dean Stanton), whether incarnate or in spirit. But if the film only promised us the potential for factual knowledge, could we sit through it? Not to be a complete moral relativist, but I wonder who'd really care what happened to Alvin? Alvin Straight traveled from Iowa to Wisconsin in 1994. I didn't know this before I read the press release and I probably never would have understood Straight's journey...
...wisecracks are perfectly suited to a medium that thrives on one-liners. But Perry is still trying to find his niche as a movie star. Almost Heroes was a total dud, and his Fools Rush In would more accurately be interpreted as a euphemism for moviegoers who had to sit through...