Word: breathes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Crimson out of its favorite fast-tempo style of play. "Perfect," thinks the Princeton mentor, who's reknowned for his ability to win games with inferior talent by slowing the tempo of the game down to a pace that wouldn't allow even Bob Hope to lose his breath...
...Hmmm, very impressive for a player struggling from the field to hit a clutch shot," Carril might mutter under his breath, now frowning. "The Crimson always seemed to miss the big shots at the end of the game last year...
...worst nightmares realized when I came home late one night to find that I had been "ordered for induction to the Armed Forces of the United States for service in El Salvador." Having been following developments in the region closely, I had to take a deep breath at the prospect of spending my weekend on the way to boot camp. Although everyone assured me that the notice wasn't real, I still felt compelled to call Senator Kerry's office to make sure--after all, no one wants to take any chances when it comes to the draft. What...
...woman under the age of 30 if she is a feminist, and chances are she will shoot back a decisive, and perhaps even a derisive, no. But in the very next breath, the same young woman will allow that while she does not identify with the angry aspects of the movement in the '60s and '70s or with its clamorous leaders, she certainly plans on a career as well as marriage and three kids. She definitely expects her husband -- present or future -- to do his share of the dusting, the diapering, the dinner and dishes. She would be outraged were...
...point is not that Israel and South Africa are the only countries in the world with deeply flawed policies. Rather, it is that both countries do indeed have flawed and oppressive policies, and that there should be no immediate and arbitrary taboo against discussing them in the same breath...