Word: thin
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Even with the acceptance of the new peace agreement, the veneer of civility is far too thin to think the Troubles are completely in the past. "Remember," says Glen Barr, a former Protestant politician who heads one of the most progressive self-help community groups, "you have nearly three generations of people in this country who have gone through a war with their neighbors as their enemy...
...Manhattan. But meantime, as he steps forward to give a speech here at Whittier Law School, some 200 attorneys, historians, journalists and government officials rise to applaud. An elderly lady grasps his hand, murmuring, "God bless you." A student asks for his autograph. And then, in broken English, the thin young man with oval spectacles begins, "My name is Christoph Meili. My job at the bank--I controlled peoples what come in and out. One night I come to the shredding room. I see two old boxes with books...
...laughed when I read your article about the Pilates exercise regimen [HEALTH, April 27]. I have been doing Pilates faithfully for the past 12 years. But despite what exerciser Kym Bassett says, you can't eat chocolate cake and get thin. Wait till Bassett gets to be 25; she'll see. People who lose 10 lbs. and two dress sizes are losing the bulk they put on at the gym. Pilates will give you excellent posture and a midsection like a rock and will lift your butt. It won't make you look like a movie star or a model...
Returning from a book tour in which he apologized for everything but the end of Seinfeld, Newt was looking calm, thin and happy. Then James Dobson, the country's most powerful Christian activist, with 28 million radio listeners, came calling, threatening to bolt the party unless Gingrich stones the adulterer in the Oval Office and delivers candidates to Dobson's liking, not ones who use him and don't take his calls in the morning...
...aquarium's thin and fragile glass bounds offer convenient and helpful protection. The Harvard Aquarium must stand still, no matter what happens outside...