Word: clearing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...35th minute--with the majority of the Harvard team in the Quaker zone--Penn was able to clear the ball out to its quick forwards to mount a fast-break...
Weed took control of the ball in the middle of the Quaker zone and found herself open with a clear line to the net. She boomed a shot that curved left past the outstretched arms of Hunt...
...championed such modest but helpful measures as the mandated 48-hr. maternity stay in hospitals. This is a self-effacing leadership style; Bradley calls it being "the leader that people didn't know was a leader." But that kind of leadership isn't necessarily presidential. And it isn't clear that Bradley, who had to rely on others to build the coalitions that passed his important bills, would have the skill as President to get his big ideas through Congress...
...candidates are likely to clear such a high...
...England, 'wicked' has resurfaced as an intensifier or term of approval, which for someone my age is really weird," she told listeners last month. "'Sketchy,' when applied to a new acquaintance, is definitely not a compliment--though what it is is not clear to me. My students tell me on the DL, or 'down low,' that I'm really random. Whatever...