Word: broking
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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This seemingly futile move by Colgate simply translated into Harvard's third goal of the period when freshman Harry Schwefel broke into the scoring column...
Wearing its best diplomatic hat, the Crimson exchanged gifts with the opposing players before the contest and broke bread with them afterwards. In between, however, Harvard was taking care of business en route to a 90-80 victory...
...President Al Gore spoke on energy and the environment, but he also said, "There is nothing in the U.S. position to suggest it has a policy of inhibiting China's economic growth." Albright emphasized how important it was for China to pay a larger contribution to the U.N. Jiang broke into English to retort, "You are a rich country; we are a poor country...
...middle-class Anglo-Saxon--she's imperfection idealized. She went to Harvard Law School, and professionally she appears to be a great success. But in fact she's an emotional muddle, confused about her career and her love life. As luck would have it, her childhood sweetheart, whom she broke up with at Harvard, is a partner in her firm and is married to a bright, attractive woman. Ally still loves him, and there are intimations that the feeling may be returned, but otherwise she is alone. Smart yet also emotional, Ally represents the modern female trying to remain true...
...first decision in a major trial to reach the world via the internet. As it turned out, the long arm of Murphy's law intervened. A power failure ? caused by two men in a manhole, of all things ? prevented the judge?s words from entering cyberspace. The news broke via an older electronic medium ? television. In fact, reporters even had paper copies of the decision in their hands a whole hour before anyone could see it online...