Word: bullets
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...real consensus that emerged was how much we still need to learn. The experts warned that not enough is known about the risks and benefits of long-term Ritalin use; that there is too little communication between doctors, teachers and parents; and that a pill alone is no magic bullet. Some combination of behavioral therapy and medication seems to be most helpful for children with the severest problems, but there is no data to determine what combinations work best...
...earned support from Washington, but it has fallen on hard times. Internal feuds and well-publicized failures have melted its credibility. Another group, the Amman-based Iraqi National Accord, tries to cultivate dissent inside the Iraqi army in hopes of the putsch that U.S. intelligence calls "the silver bullet." The I.N.A. was a CIA favorite--until Saddam penetrated the group in 1996 and quickly executed 100 Baghdad-based dissidents, a brutal reminder of his famously bloody ruthlessness...
Fellow teammates and fans know they have been lucky these four years. Never again will we see the catlike quickness of Meredith Bagley, the hard tackles of Brynne Zuccaro, the bullet shot of Naomi Miller, the intensity of Jen Burney, the fancy footwork of Emily Stauffer, the left footed cross of Ashley Marynick, the patented spin-turn of Devon Bingham, the desire and determination of Jaime Chu. They have been our leaders, our teachers, our friends...
...just decided to bite the bullet and order a new typewriter," she says. "Nobody wants to have a typewriter hanging around their room...
...wanted to be there about as much as I wanted to be on a Boeing flying into the Eiffel Tower. But Big Ben had made it clear that it would be in the best interest of my natural teeth, and as I needed those pearlies to bite the bullet that I knew was heading for me, I put on a black tie like a noose, and went. When they snuffed the lights, I squinted at the stage and hoped like a bridegroom on the big night that it would be worth...