Word: sound
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...customs more graciously. She took a rock out of her pocket, explained that it came from the top of Everest, and asked politely whether she could heave it through the studio window. "Of course," said Letterman. She chucked it with a good sidearm motion, and there was the familiar sound effect of breaking glass that Letterman fans have grown to love. Fade to commercial...
...Even if he wins, what has he won?" they asked. It was a difficult question to answer, far more difficult than the question of what Bush stands to lose: not just a Secretary of Defense, but the all-important impression that he is in command of a government with sound judgment, creative ideas and lots of momentum...
...astronomer originally started out in 1986 to find a 75-cent accounting error in his computer system. When he found that the extra charge was due to a mysterious hacker who had tapped into his system, he rigged his computer so that an electronic beeper would sound every time a hacker entered the system...
...With a sound defense that relies on the goalie tandem of Paul Cohen (3.05 g.a.a., .903 save percentage) and Les Kuntar (2.42, 927), and with a rejuvenated offense, the Saints hope the ECAC will be a stepping stone into the NCAA playoffs...
Defending his tactics, King writes "It seeks so to dramatize the issue that it can no longer be ignored. My citing the creation of tension as part of the work of the nonviolent-register may sound rather shocking. But I must confess that I am not afraid of the word 'tension...