Word: spoil
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...sitting in the dark with the new Queen of Hip-Hop. You're in a windowed alcove just off the living room. Hill doesn't want to turn on the lights; she says she "doesn't want to spoil the mood." You can hear her one-year-old son Zion gurgling and making baby yelps in a nearby room. When you came in, you could see Hill's tummy bulge under her blue overalls--the 23-year-old mom has another baby due in October. Now you can't see anything. You can just hear her voice. Motherhood...
...Which is a problem, because Homo Erectus is supposed to have been busy colonizing the coldest climes of Asia back then. How on earth did he do it without a way to keep the home fires burning? "In essence," said biologist Steve Weiner, lead author of the study, "we spoil the story." Look on the bright side -- scientists now have a whole new missing link to ponder. The Zhoudoudian tourist industry is unlikely to see it that way, however...
...nonconference matches, the Crimson defeated the likes of Boston College, Army and Navy. Tough losses came at the hands of Connecticut and Massachusetts but did not spoil the season...
...there is still Prop. 227, the anti-bilingual education initiative, which G.O.P. strategists fear could spoil all their hard work. At the state party's semiannual convention last September, Schroeder tried frantically to keep delegates from endorsing it but was overruled by the rank and file. Some dismiss the chairman's fears that the campaign against bilingual education will spawn a Prop. 187-style backlash. They point to polls showing that a majority of Latinos actually support the initiative. But Latino political analysts warn that one thing could still turn their community against the measure: a close association with...
Keyed by junior shortstop Mike Conway, who broke a school record with his 63rd hit of the season, and sophomore first baseman Aaron Meyer, who leads the squad with nine home runs, Dartmouth will look to spoil the Crimson's title defense...