Word: breaths
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Before a stunned Harvard squad could pause to catch its breath, Begley’s lightning assault had spurred an 11-0 run that put the Quakers up 46-35, effectively putting the victory out of the Crimson’s reach...
...class of children while being pursued by a gang of thugs. He dives through a ring of barbed wire, glides under moving vehicles. He jogs up pedestrians' backs and tiptoes on their heads. In this thrilling 5 1/2-min. scene, Jaa defies gravity, death, logic and all those out-of-breath bad guys...
...born-again Christian and evangelical pastor, Minkow explains his religious devotion in one breath and in the next delves into the nitty-gritty of financial shakedowns. Though lately the press has focused attention on the crackdown on corporate fraud--with WorldCom executives finally coming to trial, for example--he says everyday Ponzi schemes are more prevalent than ever. According to the nonprofit National White Collar Crime Center, $40 billion is lost every year to such investor swindles. Current low interest rates are making matters worse, Minkow says, because retirees on fixed incomes are more vulnerable to shysters who promise higher...
...being mentioned in the same breath as brutal dictators on television, Summers was finding unlikely—and, for him, surely unwanted—friends on the radio waves...
...would hold your breath while you were getting drinks,” he said...