Word: spares
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...must have replayed the '78 Yankees-Red Sox playoff game at least 20 times. Whenever it was Bucky Dent's turn in the late innings, Jon would intentionally foul one off so he could claim he broke his bat. Then he would go get one of the spare bats which wasn't his and attempt to re-create the homer. It never worked...
...photographs. The reclusive Charles drives to his office each day accompanied only by his pet Schnauzer and often spends his lunch break playing chess. "Clients never meet him, and most employees wouldn't recognize him," says one former colleague. He and his wife Doris spend much of their spare time amassing a noted collection of modern...
...messy and demanding, and their credit ratings are still low. They simply act as a drag on the furthering of knowledge. If every student disappeared tomorrow, the University would not only survive, it could finally get some work done. Who knows--maybe the students could teach themselves, in their spare time...
Does it in about a quarter of a second. Hasn't much time to spare these days. Slight aw-shucks duck of his head, gentle smile, a glint of fond memory behind his eyes, and for a few minutes he's standing in an old ivy hall someplace and you can almost hear the mellow chords of the glee club float with the fresh breeze through the open window...
...program is expected to cost the Government about $13 billion in lost tax revenue this year. Moreover, some critics point out that the taxpayers who most often take advantage of IRAs are the ones who need it least: the middle and upper class. Low-income citizens seldom have the spare cash to invest. To the extent that the IRA program takes pressure off legislators to bolster Social Security payments, it may work against the interests of low-income citizens in the decades ahead...