Word: strong
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...makes a very strong case that education at a more selective...
Some 2 million people evacuated Florida's coastal areas in advance of Hurricane Floyd's predicted onslaught, but although the winds blew strong in West Palm Beach, the hurricane did not come ashore...
...water temperatures above 80 degrees and a calm upper atmosphere. An Atlantic storm begins its life when high cumulus clouds gather over warm waters, often off the west coast of Africa. These clouds become a circular mass of thunderstorms, shaped by the curvature of the earth's atmosphere. These strong thunderstorms develop into tropical storms as they suck warm surface water to the top of the storm. This warm water is released upward into the cooler air, creating dense clouds and a concentrated area of low pressure that surrounds a spiraling, eerily calm eye. Powerful, counterclockwise winds pick up speed...
...Build strong language, math and critical-thinking skills early by playing educational games at home. Encourage your child to take the most challenging courses offered in school. Stanford boasts that its freshman class usually comprises students who have taken the toughest classes offered--and earned...
There have been few arguments for corporal punishment as strong as this unintentionally depressing dramedy of domestic self-absorption. But it's hard to say who could use it most: the casually amoral kids, who spend half the show delivering know-it-all voiceovers? The whiny parents? The sex-talkin' grandma? Actually, it may be the show's makers, who have piled on a media-studies dissertation's worth of trendy fourth-wall-breaking, belabored pop references and defensive, reflexive asides: "I know what you're thinking," goes one. "This is another one of those smart-ass shows where...