Word: bases
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...difficult situation and turned it into a great success--something to be proud of. Even though our constitution allows any dues-paid member in good standing to vote, in a board meeting a week before the election, the candidates made a "gentlemen's agreement" to focus on expanding the base of the club by "recruiting" those who had interest in the club and its activities. Porter, whom Lewis singled out by name, went even further to suggest a higher standard, asking that only members who attended at least one club function be allowed to vote. Ultimately, however, it was determined...
...Back in North Carolina, Marine officers said a "Mayday!" emergency call - with no further elaboration - was heard from the cockpit moments before the accident. The Osprey was heading back to base after a routine training flight from its base at the Marine Corps Air Station at New River, N.C. Witnesses to the crash heard the Osprey's engines powering up just before impact, which suggests the pilots realized they were in trouble and were trying to take corrective action...
...said he also polished his brown shoes with two colors of polish--black for the base of the shoes and brown for the top part...
...also provides a base for exploring the Mediterranean, lower Alps and Provencal countryside. Retirees flock to Aix in part because of the pleasant climate but also because there are two hospitals and 23 medical centers. There are also 10 tennis clubs, five golf courses and eight riding stables in the vicinity, as well as the recently renovated Thermes Sextius spa, located above the excavated foundation of the old Roman baths. An "olive-tree route" guides visitors to mills and presses at some of the area's 5,435 olive producers...
...halfway-house attic, she suddenly achieved a sense of "clarity," realizing her troubles stemmed from relating "outward" to the world. She began holding informal sessions at her Mojave Desert home, and word spread of her teachings. Supported by donations and sales of audiotapes and videos from her base in Manhattan Beach, Calif., Katie travels the globe as host to workshops for corporate managers and bring her message to everyone from prison inmates to abused children. "I just know that people want to be free," she says. "And if I have something they believe will help them, then I give...