Word: ringed
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...children may have developed habits that are distressing to the returning parent. The Navy, which flies teams of mental-health workers to ships coming back from the gulf, counsels patience and tolerance. "We tell them that if their teenager shows up on the dock with long hair and a ring in one ear, that isn't the time to say, 'Hey, what happened to you,' " notes Falk. Many children will have formed deeper bonds with the parent who remained at home and become accustomed, for instance, to the way Dad reads the bedtime story. Sleeping arrangements may have changed: Lana...
...teacher and a popular person. The great thing about Dave was that he was always there when you needed him," said Hernan I. Saenz '92, who took a course on economic development with Renelt last year. "He always ended a conversation, 'Well if you need anything, give me a ring...
WEDNESDAY: CLOSING THE RING...
...first time. Poster gum, we were told, magically allows us to decorate our rooms without destroying the (ahem) priceless architectural treasures we inhabit. (I apologize to Mather House residents for excluding them from the discourse. Try to think back to your first year, and maybe something will ring a bell. If you lived in Canaday, I can't help...
Bombast aside, the speech gave a strong clue to his plans, which struck some American politicians as a military adaptation of Muhammad Ali's "rope-a- dope" ring strategy: bob, weave, dance and duck until the opponent tires himself out chasing an elusive target; then hit hard. Saddam, in fact, has supposedly used very nearly those words. Says an Arab diplomat in Amman: "Before the war, he was telling everyone, 'We know that the first strike will be for the benefit of the U.S. But we are prepared for them to hit us for two or three weeks. After that...