Word: soaks
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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While the food may come up short with some, the restaurant is a hopping place. Border is a bad place to go in a rush--even on weekday nights, the wait for one of their heavy wooden tables often lasts as long as an hour. Once inside, soak up the Border's festive atmosphere while waiting even longer for the fajitas. Clothing worn to the Border tends to soak up more than just the surroundings, and leaves the place smelling mesquaite grilled...
Many are attracted not only to the academic programs at a particular U.S. college but also to the larger community, which affords the chance to soak up the surrounding culture. Few foreign universities put much emphasis on the cozy communal life that characterizes American campuses: from clubs and sports teams to student publications and theatrical societies. "The campus and the American university have become identical in people's minds," says Brown University President Vartan Gregorian. "In America it is assumed that a student's daily life is as important as his learning experience...
...Soak a Massachusetts license in lighter fluid for 10 minutes and peel back the lamination," he says...
...week's biggest losers. Elected by a landslide two years ago, the tough-talking Democrat won praise for his willingness to use political capital to eliminate a $600 million budget deficit and introduce $2.8 billion in new state and income taxes. Florio believed increased spending on education and a soak-the-rich progressive tax structure would appeal to the middle class. Instead, outraged voters rejected his program...
Among those paying no heed are the other Democratic candidates, most noisily Iowa Senator Tom Harkin, whose old-time Democratic religion is based on a "soak the rich" populism that may go down well in party primaries but isn't likely to prevail in a general election. In declaring his candidacy last week, Nebraska Senator Bob Kerrey spoke grandly of "investing in our nation, spurring its growth and corralling the deficit." Their reach seemed faintly reminiscent of Ronald Reagan's 1980 vow to lower taxes, boost defense and reduce the deficit -- all at the same time...