Word: turn
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...multimillionaire publisher has not managed in over a year to close his nearly 20-point deficit with Bush in the key state of Iowa. The Texas Governor's campaign staff is worried that any damage Forbes may do through his planned negative ads will not help Forbes, but will turn voters to McCain. Perhaps feeling the pressure, Bush announced last week that he would participate in a December debate in New Hampshire after previously saying he would not debate at all until the new year...
...Would you please turn to page 23 in your vocabulary workbook...
...Monday flood. Her "clinic" is tucked away on the first floor of the pre-1935 extension that she calls "the North Forty" because of its remoteness. The first wave consists of girls who march straight into one of three exam rooms, where they throw down their bookbags, turn out the lights and flop onto cots, asleep before they hit the pillow. Nurse Buss is unfazed. "These kids who get bused in from the city get up before 5," she explains. "They come here to sleep for half an hour before class...
...While everyone else hawks wireless phones, Imagitel is going retro with a new portable phone that has-you guessed it-a cord. But there are some nifty advantages. On the road, Imagitel's Millennium phone can be plugged in to avoid high hotel long-distance charges. Or you can turn one over to your away-from-home collegians with prepaid long-distance service in hopes they'll call. The catch? Imagitel is the provider, though its rates (9[cents] per min. at home, 19.9[cents] away) aren...
...that's too embarrassing, he can turn to his friend's mother. She keeps a stockpile handy for the kids, diligently replenishing it once a month. She might be pleased to know that students are having protected sex no matter where they are. Building supervisor Frank Schaffer says that every so often his crews find used condoms in the corridors, stairways or the attic above Roberts Gym. "At least they're using them," he says...