Word: skim
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...perform barrel rolls, race a fast-moving pod of whales or leap vertically right out of the sea. With a touch on the controls, a skilled pilot--who lies prone in a body harness, his or her head protruding into the craft's hemispherical glass nose--can skim just below the ocean's surface or plunge thousands of feet below...
...robust growth of the Rocky Mountain region. In addition, the loss of lucrative corporate clients to the upstarts could force the Bells to jack up rates for less profitable residential service. Says Jamie DePeau, a spokesperson for NYNEX, the Baby Bell in the Northeast: "Competitors are saying, 'Let us skim off your best customers, and you guys get stuck with people who don't make any calls...
...invitation to her daughter's wedding finally puts Delia on the spot. After nearly a year and a half on her own, will she be lured back to Baltimore for good? The suspense is enjoyable but not nearly as pleasing as watching Tyler skim so stylishly over the surface of some decidedly troubled waters. There is a sitcom quality to much of what goes on in Ladder of Years, but Tyler mixes some bitter with the sweet and leaves the laugh track to the reader...
...insist and insist again, by Vague Generalities. We abhor V.G.'s, we skim right past them, we start wondering what kind of C to give from the first V.G. we encounter; and as they pile up, we decide C. (Harvard being Harvard, one does not give D's Consider C. a failure). Why? Not because they are a sign the student does not know the material or hasn't, though creatively, or any of the folly. They simply make tedious reading "Locke is a transitional figure." "The whole thing boils down to human rights. "Now I ask you, I have...
...uneducated, the first is a medium-sized drink with one shot of espresso, one shot of decaf espresso and steamed and frothed skim milk, while the second is a large drink with espresso and hot water added, not quite full for the customer to add milk or cream...