Word: wounded
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...nothing resembling a moral deficiency. We know that something, probably an ego deficit, made them obsessed with proving competence. They carry an open wound that they're really running to escape from. In Leona's case, it would seem that she was running from a fear of being "a little person," and the fact that she was a real estate saleswoman who happened to marry one of the richest men in New York...
...refinery. In 1989 Quasha made a $190 million bid for a publicly held refinery, Tesoro Petroleum. Tesoro never had any interest in merging -- its board wouldn't even respond directly to the offer -- nor did Quasha have any interest in carrying out a hostile bid. The debacle wound up costing Harken millions of dollars in expenses. The only party to make out handsomely was Quasha himself; his law firm has collected more than $1 million in fees since + 1988 by handling these and other Harken matters...
...time wound down, the energy level of the game increased. Johnston was brought back to play defense, and she helped to frustrate the frantic Massachusetts attack...
BOSTON--More than 200 demonstrators protested the nomination of Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court at a last-minute rally in Government Center yesterday afternoon, about two hours before the Senate wound up the confirmation process with a 52-48 vote in favor of the Georgia judge...
...game wound down, Providence really began to pressure the Harvard defense and forced a couple of corners...