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...mindset was more open this time for rough water," stroke John Amory said. "We were intent upon not losing again in bad conditions...
...been practicing a new start to get off the line faster, but it was a little too fast," stroke Juliet Thompson said. "I like false-starting because it makes the other crews more nervous...
...plant closing measure merely places human lives above corporate profit. Never again would multi-billion dollar corporations be allowed to wreck hundreds of families at a stroke without at least giving them a few weeks to rearrange their lives...
...mind and body. Although the play was written before the development of modern medicine, it is, in this version, clearly a play about medical emergencies. In particular, it suggests that the howling storm from which Lear never recovers can best be understood as an internal event, perhaps a stroke. Nurses may object to the image of one of their number (Jeffrey Bihr) ignoring a patient while reading what seems to be a novel that tells the story of Lear and cackling at the gruesome bits. But the scene evokes the actual emotional distance between dying patients and the medical professionals...
...then will come one of the most critical moments in the 1988 campaign. Jackson could insist that being the first black on a national ticket is a historic milestone, one that he and his supporters have earned; it would be a bold stroke against the nation's greatest sin, one that could actually sweep the Democrats to victory by arousing the passions of social justice. Or he could say no, that he has never had the least desire to be Vice President and he is smart enough to realize that such a ticket would probably lose and thus cripple both...