Word: catches
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...morning after the presidential debate, I tried, and failed, to catch a glimpse of Mondale and Ferraro during the Columbus Day Parade in New-York City, along the same route they walked during the Labor Day disaster. Police estimated the crowd at over 300,000. Closets, apparently, had opened all over town...
Routinely travelling in a taxi cab in Italy to catch an afternoon airplane flight to his home in Geneva yesterday, Rubbia, much to his surprise, heard over the car radio that he had won the the prestigeous award...
UConn junior Cathy Shankweiler sent a cross pass to freshman forward Kim Sullivan, who tapped the ball into the net past Harvard freshman goalie Tracee Whitley. The goal seemed to catch Harvard completely off guard...
...careers and jobs. If you are sure that you want to pursue employment at a particular firm, drop off a resume with that firm's representative. It is not necessary to plan a strategy--feel free to browse the various exhibits stopping to chat with representatives of companies that catch your fancy. Talk to someone from a company that you know nothing about, but sounds intriguing. Look into a field or occupation that you assume is not for you--you may be surprised to learn how multi-faceted...
...opportunism and deceit aren't confined to the oval office. Claiming that the Administration had expanded the safety net, Bush said that spending on welfare has increased since 1981. "...I am not going be found wrong on that. I am sure of my facts," he said. Ferraro didn't catch him, but The New York Times did, later quoting the Administration's own Office of Management and Budget figures showing that welfare has been cut by $2 billion, food stamps by more than $1.5 billion. It was another example of the Administration's shameless figure-twisting. It was also...