Word: bulking
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Harvard spent the bulk of the first 45 in the Eli half of the pitch, looking for weaknesses to exploit in the Yale defense...
Running back Jay McNamara did the bulk of the ground work for Quincy, and when Andre capped off a strong Q-House drive with a diving endzone catch early in the second quarter, it looked as though the Red and Gold would take an early lead...
Scientists who study such phenomena, however, are at a considerable disadvantage primarily because they are forced to rely on ancient Chinese and Medieval records for the bulk of their data...
Both candidates spent long hours grappling with their briefing books. Reagan's included several pages of what his staff calls "zingers," sharp one-line digs at Mondale arranged by subject matter, and "winners," similar capsule comments meant to highlight his own strengths. The bulk of the 30-page book addressed a dozen probable questions, with detailed answers. (The President's briefing book for the first debate had anticipated every question except one on abortion.) Two separate pages were devoted to Reagan's closing statement. He had largely ignored that script at Louisville in a self-defeating desire to rebut Mondale...
...interest on a $1.8 million Chase Manhattan Bank account. Moon says that he was holding the money in trust for his church, an established legal practice known as corporation sole, and that the money should therefore have been tax-exempt. (Curiously, Moon did pay personal taxes on the bulk of the account...