Word: switched
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...probably its high point, with a fine poetic juxtaposition. One day Manny refuses to play turbulent airplane to Lo's stewardess (Lo stands and balances on her, fidgeting) because she secretly fears for Lo's increasingly visible pregnancy. So in one swoop, Krueger has portrayed well the jarring, forced switch from pretend to inevitable real life...
Workers who lose their jobs involuntarily or become self-employed can remain covered as well. Under current law, insurers that provide group health-care plans do not have to offer individual policies. But the measure orders insurers to permit customers to switch from group to individual plans...
...switch itself, which Hawkes said is "about the size of a good-sized refrigerator," was destroyed and will have to be replaced...
Hawkes said the effect of the short circuit was "a ball of fire in the contained area" of the switch, a type of blaze that "usually self-extinguishes pretty quickly...
Indeed, the damaged switch was isolated and power was restored to all buildings but Old Quincy...