Word: surround
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Randy Weaver believed the federal government would one day surround his home and kill his family...
Despite ongoing peace talks, sporadic fighting continues in Chechnya, where rebels killed nine Russian soldiers today. "This should go on for some time as a low-intensity conflict," Sally Donnelly reports from Moscow. "It's like trying to surround Texas. Militarily, the Russians have got the area pretty much under control. But disarming all these people will take some time...
Midway into the fourth week of school, I was lunching alone when the social creme de la creme of the first-year class sat down across from me. I waited for her usual entourage to surround me, prepared to dine in shame. No one came. She pulled out a tiny red book of poetry and waited for me to say "Hi I'm Curtis." After pausing for a moment to consider the tacit offer, I picked up my tray and left...
...same politically corrupt, crime-ridden, economically bankrupt country as I am. Or is he living in paradise with Alice in Wonderland? Come on, Mr. President, face reality: your five-year economic plan is a pipe dream. Get real. Talk to the people, not just to the sycophants who surround you and live in luxury. Luis C. Calvillo Mexico City...
...before most of us even knew it existed. Elmer-DeWitt's years of experience navigating through cyberspace have not only put him ahead of the curve on virtually every Internet-related issue but have also made him unusually adept at cutting through the considerable hype and confusion that surround this baffling new medium--a skill that's especially evident in this week's cover story on the controversial topic of electronic pornography...