On the morning of September 11, 2001, the Enterprise was returning home from the Persian Gulf when word came of the attacks.
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The word came out of Texas this afternoon and instantly spread through the halls of Congress.
Its second wave of popularity came through word of mouth once it started receiving widespread coverage in mainstream news outlets and popular culture.
Word came that lots of men in dark suits had taken up residence at the fancy Karibe Hotel.
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Busboon, Douglas' former boss, testified under cross examination that he typically took the word of Douglas when it came to expense reports, the nature of claimed relations with government officials, and whether claimed gifts qualified as legitimate business expense.
The vet, one groomer and the boarding camp all came via word of mouth.
Not long after my last post (October 19), which concerned the tenuous relationship between the Hewlett-Packard board and former CEO Mark Hurd, came word that a group of shareholders have sued current and past H-P board members, including Hurd, alleging that directors allowed and possibly encouraged illegal activities in sales to the U.S. government.
His clients typically came to him through word-of-mouth referrals among friends and relatives.
The signature moment in this year's use of the W word came in early July when an Obama staffer said that Romney was either a "felon" or was "misrepresenting" in his Federal filing about the length of his tenure as head of Bain Capital.
When word came out and they saw that picture of that platter and that turkey and the U.S. president going around, mood swings went really, really up.
And when it came to credibility, the word of a reporter - even one working for the much-respected Washington Post - stood no chance against those of a president and his closest aides.
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WHEN, a few years ago, word came that British bird lovers anxious about the decline of the house sparrow had appointed a sparrow tsar, it seemed that the tsar vogue must have reached its zenith.
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But when the bust came, instead of standing behind his word that he would repay the debt, Murphy showed that his word was no good and instead engaged in a series of transfers and actions to try to sneak his chips back off the table.
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Jon Pennington, who rocketed past both Miller and me to become the 1986 victor on the word "odontalgia, " came to the Bee possessed of a tremendous passion for spelling and spelling bees -- as well as a lower-than-average fear of public speaking -- and his mother's sunglasses.
From my immigrant grandparents who came to this country penniless and without a word of English, I learned what a privilege it is to be an American.
But did families feel less hungry when word came over the radio that their hero had hit another couple of centuries?
Many hours later, just after midnight, word came that Ford had arrived at Hahnemann University Hospital, complaining of pain in his face.
Word came that the Climax mine would remain shuttered, and all of the contract employees who had been preparing for the mine's reopening lost their jobs.
As word of their behaviour got round the area, Asian youths came onto the streets to confront them, Mr Hussain told the court.
When the word came, the local Afghan Army commander, Lieutenant Mohammad Qasim, jumped out of bed.
They came to the United States with no possessions and not knowing a word of English.
And the frustrations that came with trying, on deadline -- in every sense of that word -- to stop a crippling virus?
Not surprisingly, when word that a legally binding agreement was again in the offing finally came to the attention of responsible figures in the Organization of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and armed services in October 2000, their opposition to the draft accord was strong and virtually unanimous.
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When it came time to spread the word, the pair turned to their longtime publicist Kathryn Frazier, of the Chicago-based public-relations firm Biz 3.
So with the help of a five-person design team, he came up with eye-catching graphics that include the word "organic" across the front of the package.
He came alone with a sixth grade education, the shirt on his back, and without a word of English.
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