Word: aced
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Polishers, 1911-12, are the laboring cousins of the ecstatic figures in Matisse's La Danse, 1909, and the red-hot metallic forms of The Woodcutter, 1912, are a Tolstoyan version of Leger's "tubism." Aviator, 1914, plays with the standard emblems of Cubism -- printed words, a hat, an ace of clubs. But it has to be the only Cubist painting with a sturgeon...
Pitching holds the greatest question marks for the Crimson as last year's staff aces, Bob Baxter and Mike Dorrington, have departed. The ace of this year's staff figures to be live-armed junior Sean Johnston, who was 2-3 with one complete game in ten appearances last year...
...nine divisions of the 125,000-strong Republican Guard were supposed to be Saddam's strategic reserve, his fearsome ace in the hole, the best-equipped and -trained of his soldiers. If the allies broke through fixed Iraqi defenses and the armored divisions backing them up, the Guard would pounce and drive the intruders back. When the allied invasion came, the Iraqi plan fell apart. Coalition forces broke through in several places along the Kuwaiti border and swept into Iraq far to the west. Without air reconnaissance, neither Baghdad nor the Guard's division commanders knew where the main thrust...
Harvard finally managed to put the game away, 16-14, on a Vince Marin ace and a booming spike by sophomore outside hitter Albert Kim which brought the fans to their feel. With the match knotted at two games apiece, the Crimson appeared to have enough momentum going into the deciding contest for a come-from-behind victory...
Harvard was playing without its ace, Co-Captain Ralph James. James re-injured his shoulder in practice on Thursday, and Matt McClain was forced to fill the void in the starting lineup. McClain did not play like an understudy, however, as he led the Crimson's first-half surge. The sophomore guard hit three three-pointers within a two-minute span as Harvard jumped to an early 11-point lead...