Word: though
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...though the "unification cost is great," Hong-Koo acknowledged in the question and answer session, the "division cost is even greater...
This is a whole new year, and though hope springs eternal, the Boston faithful are saddled not just with the curse of the Bambino and a bullpen-full of reconstructed shoulders but with the added jinx of a Sports Illustrated story predicting a World Series victory for the Sox. No team ever on the cover of SI has won the title, but I'm sure the writers meant well. Superstition and all, everyone at the game Tuesday put aside the disappointment of the last 82 years (or was perhaps feeding off of it) and stood to cheer another chance...
...heard all the arguments for a new stadium, and I've come to accept them. It's long overdue, and the benefits for everyone who loves baseball should probably outweigh the nostalgic value of old Fenway. But even though I try, I can't let go. I passed the Save Fenway display in the window of Cambridge Trust on the way to the T and immediately began to miss the dusty tunnels and cramped seating in the ballpark. Obstructed view seats suddenly seem as if they overlook a scenic panorama. Even the dilapidated sign commemorating Roger Clemens two twenty-strikeout...
...Though they sometimes understand why students do it, professors still hope their material is so enticing no one ever wants to skip...
...usual reasons given are health or death in the family," Hankins says. "One must take such excuses seriously, though, I once had a student who made the mistake of killing off her mother twice in the same semester...