Word: spare
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...mark the beginning of the Jewish holiday of Purim, Harvard Hillel staged a mock trial of Haman, the sixth century royal advisor who would have committed genocide against the Jews had not the beautiful Esther convinced the king to spare her people, according to Jewish tradition...
...four years; for the last fiscal year, ended March 2001, it posted record earnings of $3 billion. Last year DoCoMo overtook Toyota as Japan's biggest company, measured by market capitalization. When its share price peaked last spring, DoCoMo was the 11th-largest company in the world, with enough spare cash to buy a 16% chunk of AT&T Wireless, the third-largest mobile phone company...
...Surgeons are developing several techniques that destroy tumors while sparing more breast tissue?without reducing the chances of survival. (This can be particularly important for small-breasted women who don't necessarily have a lot of tissue to spare in the first place...
...have plenty of people. We were oversupplied and more than able to spare the surgeons,” Cohn said. “The move was good for everybody. Good for the hospital, and good for them...
...Those ever insidious pests—advertisements—have quietly made their way into even the most personal of our private moments. On one wall, behind the toilet, was an ad for the movie, “Orange County.” Behind me, above a stack of spare toilet paper rolls, was a poster for Charmin brand bathroom tissues. And beside the sink, glaring at me while I washed my hands, was an advertisement for liquid hand soap...