Word: skidding
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...skid marks left by dozens of previous books, movies and teleplays show the terrain: innocent children imperiled by drunken carelessness; a steadfast spouse trying to understand and cope; an alarming incident that brings the victim to the edge of self-destruction -- and self-awareness; the decision to seek professional help; the terrors of detox; the fragile return to sobriety and the recriminatory rebalancing of power in a damaged family; and finally the tearful public confession, carrying with it an implicit promise of a responsible future, which offers audiences a reassuring sense that they have once again witnessed a triumph...
...victory got a couple of monkeys off the Crimson's back. The season sweep of Dartmouth was the first one for Harvard Coach Frank Sullivan, and it also ended the Crimson's seven-game losing skid...
...understand that we are on a bit of a skid now," Snowden said. "So we just want to take it one step at a time, and put some things together...
...turned out last year. For the equivalent of 30 cents a ticket they get a taste of American-style showboating along with the spectacle. The players, who once lumbered onto the rink as their names were shouted over the public-address system, now race to center ice and skid to a sudden stop. Says spectator | Yevgeni Balashov, 18, a private in the Russian army: "The music, contests and stuff make the whole night better...
Yale's four-game losing skid came to a close when Woodroofe tallied all three of her team's goal against Princeton. Woodroofe thus sprang into the league lead for points scored in Ivy games. Her six points tioe her with Cornell's Amy Deuslng and Heather Ott for the top spot...