Word: catches
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Weinberger, moreover, skillfully presents his arguments in ways most likely to catch the President's attention and approval. On at least one occasion, the Defense Secretary did not really need words at all: during a crucial budget session in September 1981, when many White House aides were urging Reagan to cut defense funds, Weinberger simply presented charts illustrating the various proposed budgets. The one with Weinberger's numbers was labeled REAGAN BUDGET, and showed a figure of a brawny soldier hoisting an automatic weapon. The alternative was called OMB BUDGET, and pictured a puny man with a small...
...Musberger believes that universities do owe something to an athlete. "Oklahoma owes it to him that he knows how to talk contract," the Northwestern University graduate stated Major college football players will never do anything as well as they block, tackle or catch passes. Musberger said, adding that a university's responsibility is to give athletes the basic education they need to carry on their careers...
...women, Davison spends a lot of the game time on the bench, mainly because most of the squad played hockey in high school, and she has to catch up on her stick work. She started playing hockey at Harvard "because I wanted to be in some sport," the athletically-built Davison explained, confident about picking up a stick for the first time. She didn't think that learning a collection of new skills would be that difficult. "Once you're athletic, you can play practically any sport," she said...
...attend. "I had been a year ahead of myself in high school so I had some extra time to play with," Davison explained "During my fall semester, I did an independent study course, and concentrated on training for competition. Instead of graduating early, I just slowed down to catch up with my class...
...week break from classes seems like a good time to catch up on sleep, or on some wintertime fun such as skating, sledding, and skiing...