Word: suddenly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Unable to rebound from that sudden onslaught and despite a four-goal performance by Zimmerman, the Crimson could not muster enough firepower in the final 14 minutes to overcome the strong Navy squad...
...Corbin Jones, who is suing the President for allegedly making a crude sexual advance in an Arkansas hotel room six years ago, abruptly withdrew from the case, citing "fundamental differences" with their client. The lawyers, Joseph Cammarata and Gilbert Davis, had been representing Jones for three years, so their sudden exit just eight months before the scheduled trial seemed to suggest that all the steam had gone out of her case...
Jiang's fearless economic move is not the only sign of his confidence. Appointed as a hard-liner in the wake of the 1989 Tiananmen Square massacre, he has recently shown an inclination to loosen some political controls. Explaining the government's sudden tolerance for newspaper and magazine articles challenging Beijing's policies, Liu Ji, a close Jiang adviser, says, "People want to air their opinions, as they are now well fed and better clothed and better educated. It is a sign of the nation's vigor and prosperity...
...father was a fondness for weapons. Villegas bragged to his polo buddies that his girlfriend was an expert shot. A disagreement over the ponies' care apparently preceded the shooting of Villegas. Polo is hard on the horses, which must stop on a dime while in full gallop and make sudden turns so riders can chase the ball. Friends say Cummings, a committed animal lover, did not want her ponies to play two days in a row. Villegas, who had been in a match on Saturday, Sept. 6, was scheduled to play again on the day he was killed...
...never went into any Expos conference without making provisions for a sudden escape. Just take Writing with Sources, and place it in a roomy athletic sock along with a large brick. If your preceptor begins to show signs of his extraterrestrial origin, this sock may be your only means of escape. You should never hit your preceptor with it, unless you wish him to write a very long, nonfiction essay about the experience, to be required reading later in the course. (It would begin "Thunk! The brick felt heavy against my skull.") As soon as you sense danger, hurl...