Word: clocking
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...wakes up groggily. He sees the clock and tries to jump out of bed only to immediately bang his head on a street sign that Joe inexplicably tied to the bedpost the night before. Joe gets knocked unconscious...
Needing a basket to secure the win, Peljto delivered again. With the shot clock winding down, junior forward Lindsay Ryba, stationed at the top of the arc, found Peljto down low for the game-icing layup with 29 seconds remaining...
...they stepped to the microphone, like gray-haired Temptations in lawyer suits. Each one had a "myth" to debunk, and just as Gore did Monday night, each spoke quickly, as if cognizant of a ticking national clock...
...Governor Bush's lawyers rejected this proposal," Gore continued. "Instead, they have proposed two weeks of additional court proceedings and additional hearings, right up to the Dec. 12 deadline for seating electors.... I believe this is a time to count every vote and not to run out the clock...
...That's a scold that many in Gore's audience, 20 days after the election, are apt to take personally. Monday night, Gore got in at 8:55 and out in time for Americans' precious 9 o'clock shows. But the import of his address - an address suspiciously bereft of comforting spin nuggets like "days not weeks" - was one that he'll have to fight this week and longer to support...