Word: unless
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...like young blossomed jessamine"), Dryden ("Young am I and yet unskilled") and, most appallingly, Anne Frank ("Am I only 14? Am I really still a silly little schoolgirl?"). One photo of a pert but defiant-looking young thing is labeled with an uncredited "Ne touchez pas." Another reads, "Not unless--or until--I say so!" Could you possibly not be wincing? I found myself both amused and repelled by The Age of Innocence--it's as campy as it is creepy. But that's no defense...
...really do need to make dramatic changes that are fair to our kids," he said. "Unless we deal with this [problem] once and for all correctly, we're just going to make it worse...
...team's leading slugger. Since he had hit only an empty parked car and didn't do any personal damage, except perhaps to his reputation, most Boston fans would rather forgive Vaughn for his transgression and return him to the batter's box. No harm, no foul (unless the Sox don't make it to the World Series...
...tells how he will leave Beijing to visit "the Chinese cities of Fudang and Tsinghua" which one suspects is a reference to Fudan and Qinghua Universities, the former in Shanghai, the latter in Beijing. The "1948 communist revolution" is a typo, unless there's been some historical revisionism I'm not aware of. Shanghai is then referred to as a Northern Chinese city--sure, it's north of Guangzhou, but it lies in the middle of China and is generally considered an "eastern" city in Chinese place names. Finally, unless international air routes have changed, President Rudenstine will...
...other hand, you don't want distinguish yourself too much, especially when the other members of the party are eager to keep a low profile in the case. "Republicans do not want to conduct impeachment proceedings unless they are absolutely sure," says McAllister. "The message this is sending to Ken Starr is that you better come up with some really good stuff before you turn this over to the House...