Word: walks
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Last Saturday night, during a visit to Washington, D.C., several friends and I were standing on a street corner deciding whether to walk to Ben & Jerry's in Georgetown or just buy a pint of ice cream at 7-11. As youths that still enjoy the novelty of independence in a big city, we were confident, lighthearted and safe. It was easy to forget that there is trouble in the world...
...This is not a job. This is an obsession," he says. "When we were kids, all we had was toy soldiers and our imaginations. Now we can make them walk and talk and fight...
...many instances, a former slave did not use the name of the former slave owner." He suggests locating records, such as ex-slave narratives or military pension rolls, in which a onetime slave may have stated a former owner's name. In genealogy, he says, "we have to walk in the footsteps of our ancestors...
Which is not to say beauty does not still walk down the street in Dalton, Ga., and into the Oakwood for eggs and grits, or into Jimmy's for a cocktail. But the Miss Resaca Beach pageant is no more. It could be that when Marla Maples, who won the thing, ended up with Donald Trump as her trophy, it took the shine off the prize...
...Pitchers who appear to try to hypnotize the batter into striking out and who cannot get the ball over the plate, thus encouraging batters to wait for a walk...