Word: coin
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Being a captain is a big responsibility," Chelius says. "In high school, the responsibilities were limited to going out to midfield for the coin toss. But here, it's also talking to different players and resolving personal problems...
...other side of the coin, the only Top-10 team Harvard has beaten is No. 7 Loyola (who lost to No. 12 Virginia on Tuesday), 6-5 in overtime...
...West, Montana, or DiMaggio, and for the reverse see Barry Bonds or John Thompson). The game isn't over till the fat lady sings. (See game six of the '86 world series.) There is no "I" in team (See the New Jersey Nets for the losing side of that coin, and the 1988 Dodgers for the winning side...
...heart of the book, and of most relationships between great correspondents and great editor-masters, is White's ambivalent (sometimes adolescent) struggle to use his talent as coin to buy his freedom while keeping Luce's patronage. As White wrote of himself in the third person much later: "He believed he could have it both ways-that he could say what he wanted to say, and yet enjoy the comfort and benefits of the parent organization that disagreed...
...Donati clan. He is a marvel to watch. Taking care to ensure his delivery is clear and comprehensible, he displays a range of gesture and emotion that transcends the handwaving and mugging of some of the smaller roles. Here, we have comic subtlety of the true buffa coin...