Word: tree
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...hours a day in mind-numbing office environments to earn a paycheck, while our grandparents rest secure in the fact that all their efforts in scrimping and saving their meager wages from the meat-packing plant or the assembly line paid off in engendering a large, thriving family tree from essentially nothing--she asks other people for money, and they give it to her. Every...
...escape the madness of Harvard. Make the hike to Mt. Auburn Cemetery (580 Mt. Auburn St., across from Star Market; 547-7105 for directions; 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.) where acres of peaceful nooks and quiet crannies await. It's a.m.erica's oldest garden cemetery. 10 miles of tree-lined roads and cool birdwatching spots encourage reflection and spiritual repair...
...skinny, resourceful farm kid in Missouri, Mulkey used the head of a post maul as a shot put, a plow disk as a discus, a pitchfork handle as a javelin. He cut a bamboo tree into a pole and vaulted onto the garage. That was the beginning of a career that took him to the 1960 Olympics in Rome. Going into the finals in the decathlon, he needed only to clear his usual height of 14 ft. 10 in., in the pole vault to win a bronze medal. But he pulled a groin muscle and had to withdraw...
Garcia captivated the world at the PGA. While chasing Mr. Woods and coming up just a stroke short, Master Sergio accomplished a remarkable thing: he made the world's best player look old at 23. Here was the Spanish lad, eyes closed, slashing at a ball burrowed behind a tree, then sprinting up the fairway and leaping into the air to see the marvelous result. Here, meanwhile, was the American, eyes glassy, agonizing over 5-ft. putts that have in the past--though not this year--been his bete noire...
However, when a country tries to regain peace, the unexploded bomblets, or "duds," retard the process. They stay and do not know tank from child, peace from violence. These bitter presents of war, perhaps hiding under a tree branch, brightly colored and coded, are dangerously inviting...