Word: mild
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...that a passing car could fit more people (i.e., them), but most don't. Most just watch you pass, squinting beyond you, for the next slowing car or truck. But when a car stops, never is there competition for the ride. Never is there shoving or even the most mild sort of disagreement. Each time we pull over, whoever's closest simply walks to the car and gets in. There is no system in place for the rewarding of longest wait, or oldest, or most pregnant. It's both perfectly fair and completely random...
First, some background. By the time you start experiencing a hangover, most of the alcohol is already gone from your system. That's one reason doctors speculate that hangovers are actually a mild form of withdrawal. Other factors that influence just how bad you feel range from the amount of sleep you got to whatever else you ate or drank during your night's carousing...
...managed to cede Gore the moral high ground, the candidate called them from California with more sobering news. Bradley had to cut short a campaign swing and check into a hospital for treatment of atrial fibrillation (see box). His irregular heartbeat corrected itself at the hospital, sparing him the mild electric shock called cardioversion that would have been used to return it to normal. And so the candidate held a Saturday press conference in an attempt to put questions to rest. "This is just a nuisance, quite frankly," he said. "My energy level is more than adequate. The schedule...
...What really happens at that word processor? Well, the same thing that happens when you're writing your first draft," he said. "Is that really an interesting story? It is for you, it is for your mother possibly. But it's only of mild interest to many of us. But that's the kind of thing that goes on in the court...
Admittedly, the atmosphere was tough in the Hart Center for the Holy Cross game. A hometown crowd of 1,284 competed with the school band and loudspeakers blaring dance music to cheer on the home team, causing a mild roar on the court level. Cheerleaders and an annoying Holy Cross "crusader" danced in front of Harvard's players when they were attempting free throws, adding to the distractions...