Word: splits
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Here I'm never going to be in the mainstream--I'm an Arab. In an Arab country I look different because I've grown up in America," Rabie says. "I fit in with my friends who are split down the middle as well...
...were linked by common ancestry to the rest of the animal kingdom. Darwinism raised a series of tantalizing questions for future generations: If other vertebrates are similar to humans in blood and bone, should they not share other characteristics, including intelligence? More specifically, did the earliest humanlike creatures, who split from the ancestors they shared with apes between 5 million and 7 million years ago, already possess a primitive ability to form plans, manipulate symbols, plot mischief and express sentiments...
...Gunn and Watson entered a local bass tournament and, thanks to the eight bass they caught, beat a field of 333 other anglers for the $10,200 prize. Watson, 72, recalls with delight how he and Gunn "got right down on my living room floor, counted the cash and split it fifty-fifty." The pair was looking forward to another tournament, the first of the season, and had already paid the $100 entrance fee. It was to be last Sunday...
...chapel -- cult members discussed renaming the place Ranch Apocalypse. Federal agents began tracking frequent shipments of firepower that they say amounted to 8,000 lbs. of ammunition and enough parts to assemble hundreds of automatic and semiautomatic weapons. Some time ago a package addressed to the compound split open before it could be delivered by the United Parcel Service. The contents: hand grenades...
...overtimes will be played in the first two games, but if the teams split the first two contests (or both ate tied), the finale will have unlimited sudden death to determine the winner...