Word: spun
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...obsessed with the air his children breathe--literally. He has his servants check it for germs regularly and any toys which the children touch are promptly disposed of...And finally, as I was walking down Mt. Auburn Street yesterday, I saw a plastic bag floating in the wind. It spun in the air, inflated and deflated, and crashed and burned several times. I didn't find it all that profound...
...nothing, which seems weirder still but is actually normal. Doctors speak of "post-traumatic amnesia," PTA for short, to denote this peculiar whiting out of violent episodes. The other car hit me head on but slightly off center; its impact was concentrated on the driver's side. It then spun off the road, though its occupants too, astonishingly, survived. Under such an impact, bones may not just break; they can explode, like a cookie hit by a hammer, and that's what happened to several of mine...
...about J.K. Rowling is she can't be a Muggle to have spun such a feast for the imagination as her Harry Potter books! I am in awe of Rowling's ability to create such a magical world of wizardry that seemingly sprang into her head (although I have a theory that she herself is a Hogwarts graduate!). I hope each of her future fabulous books brings her even greater success than the last. And long life, Harry Potter! MARYKATHRYN GIELISSE, AGE 13 Poughkeepsie...
...study is the latest initiative of the University's Vice President for Government, Community and Public Affairs Paul S. Grogan, who took over the position in January. Since Grogan's appointment, Harvard has spun into high gear over the past year to improve strained relations with its community, including the University's re-negotiation in August of the payment in lieu of taxes it pays to Boston...
...Montgomery covertly flipped up the lid of Mielke's typewriter with practiced expertise and gave the ribbon a quick once-over for latent images. No wonder they called him the spy's spy. A veteran of the CIA's Berlin operations base, Montgomery deftly vaulted over a guard rope, spun around in Mielke's chair with schoolboy glee and ransacked the bar-ren safe. "It's nice to find the seat empty," he said...