Word: inched
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Johnson made a shoestring catch on the Walland pass-which was tipped at the line of scrimmage-grabbing the ball just an inch off the ground. There was considerable debate after the game whether or not the ball hit the turf first, which Harvard Coach Tim Murphy thought should've been ruled incomplete...
...minutes later, Chang put her foot through two boards of white pine, each an inch thick and as strong as human bone...
...particular political issue. But Americans' ungodly personal harassment convincing Gore to change his personality stretches beyond politics. Why the need to get so personal? Why the need to take it so personally? But I guess when your main rival comes in the form of a six-foot, five-inch ex-basketball star, it's enough to motivate any candidate to shed his beta-man skin...
Bredekamp says she hears complaints from kindergarten teachers across the country that "our kids need more play, rather than less, and our curriculum is a mile wide and an inch deep. The pressure is on coverage and not teaching in depth." According to Harriet Egertson, head of the early-learning section of the Nebraska department of education, "When large portions of the day are spent with kids listening instead of doing, then kids who don't learn quite that way fail." More time spent sitting and listening to a teacher may not be appropriate for younger learners, who benefit from...
...Shower shoes. Shampoo. Hairbrush or six-inch black comb. Am I going to have to ask them to shave my head? Elvis didn't, but then again he wasn't exactly volunteering either. I am assured by almost everyone that all the volunteering - the optional stuff - will cease with the first parting of my drill sergeant's lips...