Word: solider
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...between studying for the test and taking it, between hard work and future failure or success--and maybe even between childhood and adulthood--you can get stuck in time, like a thick mud that grabs hold of your foot as you're stepping with the other foot onto solid ground. You can't think about "nothing" at that moment, because "nothing" is exactly what you fear the most, that somehow you won't make it from Point A to Point B, that you'll sleep through your exam, that you won't get a job or get into graduate school...
...John Glenn and his search for the ultimate wrinkle cure, CP wishes a safe return to a solid American. But it's a bit like a Foreman fight; you'd rather see him in his prime. So grab (as if CP had to tell you this one) The Right Stuff (1983). This way, you get Ed Harris in John Glenn's prime; he's a better actor. The cast is stacked (down to Jeff Goldblum and Harry Shearer in small parts), the film is luxuriantly long, and darn it if it don't make you want to finally learn...
...titles of every other book Hume wrote, don't just say Medieval cathedrals, name nine. Think up a few specific examples of "contemporary decadence," like Natalie Wood. If your can't come up with titles, try a few sharp metaphors of your own; they at least have the solid clink of pseudo-facts...
...that we need to play three solid periods of hockey," Morrell said. "We've had a lot of two-and-a-half period games, but we haven't shown that we can show up and play three solid ones. If we can do that then I think that we can play with any team in the country...
Miller, who has been a solid contributor over the past two years, has raised her level of play in the last few weeks. She is shooting a torrid 65 percent from the floor since December 20, and she earned a spot on the Ivy League's Honor Roll this week...