Word: though
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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They went door to door in the first-year dorms carrying a message of parties and reform--Leonard, though, ended up spending a lot of time explaining to he first-years what the council does...
...popular image of grown ups is just as flawed as that of J. M. Barrie. Some people picture grown ups as though they're eternally trapped by mortgage payments, income taxes, marriage, alimony and/or dead end jobs. Adults seem to have less freedom than kids. Grown ups are like pin balls whose trajectories are defined by a series of obstacles that bounce them in a meaningless direction. After shooting out of college at high speed you slam into a four-figure monthly rent and you careen towards a career in I-banking. You're hit by 90-hour weeks...
Through all of the din, referee John Bunyon barely called enough penalties to avoid a brawl. By game's end, though, he had issued 25 minors...
...that his Navy career was stalled. His war injuries were still bad enough to rule out a sea command. It had taken years of physical therapy for him to be able to bend his knee again, and to this day he can't raise either arm above his head. Though his father and grandfather had been the only father-and-son four-star admirals in U.S. history, McCain was passed over by a promotions board...
...asked to do. He spoke out passionately about the need to aid the Nicaraguan contras. But even early on, he was not just Reagan's pet. In September 1983, barely nine months after taking office, he loudly opposed keeping U.S. Marines in Lebanon an additional 18 months. Though lots of speakers referred to Vietnam, McCain was among the few who had actually been there. Still, he lost, the Marines stayed--and a month later, when the bombing of the barracks left 241 servicemen dead, McCain was vindicated, as his party got its first taste of how willing...