Word: cupped
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...Republican National Convention] Convention Cup golf tournament for large donors; Salute to the Senate dinner buffet...
...Commerce Secretary groped for the receiver and heard Al Gore on the line. Soon Gore was asking Daley to leave Bill Clinton's Cabinet and take over as chairman of Gore's campaign. After a deep breath, Daley said he'd like to discuss the matter over a cup of coffee...
...although I need to figure out how to pronounce certain business words like "yuppie" (pronounced "youpee") and "logon" ("lugunn"), my French is going to make the grade and I am improving by the hour. Additionally, I ate two fresh croissants for breakfast this morning, along with a delicious cup of cafe. My concierge is a sweet if loud Portugese woman who was more than happy to show me how to find the metro station. The Parisian summer rarely gets hotter than 80 degrees, so air conditioning is rarely needed. And tonight I'll be drinking wine at an outdoor cafe...
...relatively chipper and ready to face the day. Problem is, more mornings than not, I'm met with the dispiriting news that a new high-tech bug is stalking my computer. By 10:30 or so, I've reached a state of low-grade panic; I have a third cup of coffee and imagine the virus circling my e-mail in-box like a vulture hunting for injured prey. And I know I'm in for it, because let's face facts: In the grand scheme of the Internet world, I'm roughly the equivalent of a field mouse...
...then I told him that I thought that he was the right person to take over as chairman and that I'd like him to do it. And he took a deep breath and he said, well, I'd like to talk with you about it over a cup of coffee. I said, 'OK, I'll hold the phone; go make some coffee.' And then there was a long silence, not too long, and then he laughed and he said, 'You mean you want to talk now?' And I said, 'Yeah, I'll hold. Make some coffee.' And he laughed...