Word: redeeming
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...These Arabs go into the north and purchase, steal or help runaway slaves," Williams says. "We pay the raiders 50,000 Sudanese pounds for each slave they redeem. On this mission, we liberated...
...also has to contend with the fact that his captors are under fire from an army that has thus far proved singularly inept in its efforts, egged on by a beleaguered president who made his name playing the hero in countless Filipino action movies and is now desperate to redeem his tough-guy image...
...early this month, my cousin's wife, like many other voters in the state of Kansas, rushed to the polls. It was time to redeem our state. And when moderates defeated Holloway and two of the other six conservative school board members who cast the controversial votes against evolution, much of the world breathed a sigh of relief...
...submit "nominees" for the list. The feds then review the candidates to determine which indeed deserve to be considered carcinogenic and where on the list they belong. Getting dropped from the list works the same way, except that the push for removal may come from industry groups eager to redeem what they consider a wrongly condemned substance. Saccharin's exoneration, for instance, was championed by the Calorie Control Council, a dietetic-food-and-beverage manufacturers' group...
...intrigue is. Start with baseball. Every year, the New York Yankees dedicate their season to another Bomber of the past or present--sometimes two--who has come down with a life or career-threatening ailment. Every year, Darryl Strawberry will find another way to disgrace and then redeem himself in the eyes of the faithful...