Word: bump
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...nobody cared. The TV stations gave me exactly 10 seconds. So I used what I had learned: "Yes, I'm 40!" I yelled. "I used to be heavyweight champion of the world. If I miss you with my left, if I miss you with my right, I'll belly-bump you, boom!" People called the networks and asked to see more of me. Soon Madison Avenue was calling me. I hesitated, but finally I decided it would be O.K. if I sold only things I believed...
This Wall Street merger held the potential for big trouble from the start. Holly Becker, an influential Internet stock analyst, could bump share prices up or down with a few well-chosen words. Michael Zimmerman, a trader at a hedge fund with billions to invest, was constantly shifting money in and out of stocks that looked ripe for sudden movement. Once the two began dating, all it would take for Zimmerman to make a fortune for his firm would be for Becker to whisper the names of stocks she soon would upgrade or downgrade-and for Zimmerman to bet early...
Indeed, the man on the tape looked like Saddam, with his trademark mole and the small bump on his left cheek. He spoke with Saddam's characteristic enunciation, which includes a slight slurring of his words. When he visited a checkpoint at an intersection, smoky black clouds could be seen above the horizon, which could have come from the oil fires Iraqis have set around Baghdad to hinder U.S. pilots. It was 90 in Baghdad the day the tape was shown, and some of the men in the swarming crowds wore sweaters or leather jackets. But the temperature had been...
...It’s a team-wide goal to execute consistently,” she says. “If there’s a runner on third, I need to get them in. If there’s a runner on first, I need to bump them over...
Because of Bergman’s absence from the singles lineup, Harvard coach Gordon Graham had to bump each of his players up a spot. This move allowed freshman Ali Pillinger to slip into the sixth seed where she beat her opponent in three sets...