Word: began
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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After 10 idle minutes, Harvard began its onslaught in earnest, netting four more goals in 14 minutes...
...scoring play began with a Crimson corner kick. The corner kick was headed at the net but saved by Providence goalie Mike Cardenas. The rebound, however, hit the crossbar and was promptly headed back into the net by sophomore forward Jon Oslowski to give Harvard a 1-0 lead...
With the clock winding down, Providence seemed to get desperate and began taking chances. But despite the Friars' aggressive play it was a Crimson blunder that led to a game-tying goal with only six and a half minutes to play...
...what happens when they don't work? Several years ago, a company developed a soybean with some genetic threads borrowed from the Brazil nut in an attempt to boost the bean's amino-acid content. The soy began acting like the nut--so much so that it churned out not just amino acids but also chemicals that can trigger allergies in nut-sensitive consumers. The company quickly scrapped the product. Last spring a study published by Cornell University showed that pollen from some strains of corn with built-in pesticides can kill the larva of the Monarch butterfly, a pest...
...Rock, the high school dropout, began to study. He watched Richard Pryor's concert films, listened to records by Bill Cosby and Woody Allen, memorized jokes by Moms Mabley. He haunted comedy clubs, watching other comics. One summer night in 1986, Rock was hanging out in the Comic Strip when he saw Eddie Murphy. He got Lucien Hold, the club's talent coordinator, to introduce him. Murphy asked if Rock was on that night. He wasn't...but now he was. Rock decided to take the stage and, as they say in comedy, he killed. Murphy gave him a small...