Word: soled
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...sole computer buff among the fourrumored leading inside candidates for thedeanship, Cash would bring technological expertiseto an institution which many say needs to bringitself up to date...
...point of Senior Bars is not necessarily to get drunk (though, as legal adults, that is our right)--it is to experience the pleasure inherent in hanging out with 100 or 200 of four closes friends. Far from being "detrimental to senior class spirit," Senior Bars represent the sole means through which we can gather together to chill and reminisce during the dwindling twilight of senior spring...
Increasingly, when people want to go to America--illegally, that is--the Dominican Republic is where they go first. There are dozens of coastal towns just like Las Lisas where the chief industry--sometimes the sole industry--is illegal immigration. It is impossible to say exactly how many thousands of people arrive in the U.S. through the Dominican Republic each year, because official surveillance and interdiction are so spotty. The U.S. Border Patrol and other law-enforcement agencies made 4,364 arrests in the area last year, but that figure bears little relation to the number of people flooding...
...explanations for more cures, it becomes increasingly difficult to name something a miracle. He regrets the trend and, without relaxing his own stringent standards, suggests that the church give more importance to instances where the divine can be said to have been present in a cure, without being its sole explanation. "Ordinary Christians want to see the action of God," he says bluntly. "People are hungry for signs...
...only a matter of time before that kind of money attracted bounty hunters. In fact, this burgeoning line of business has exploded in recent years. Before 1988 there were no firms whose sole purpose was collecting child support; today there are an estimated 150. The print ad for one of the largest, Find Dad, Inc., in California, is only slightly slicker than most: "He's enjoying his second childhood. Your kids are having trouble getting through their first." For 27% of any recovered money, Find Dad promises to do just that...