Word: crimping
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...absence has "put a crimp in some people'scurriculum," said Abid A. Saifee '96, anothergovernment concentrator...
Like an assault rifle, a handgun creates a larger danger than just any gun. And, like assault rifles, handguns should be banned. Such action would not put a crimp in your right to bear arms; the Second Amendment guarantees you the right to own a gun, but it doesn't say anything about variety...
...maybe even more importantly, the Crimson has to play a smart game and not take so many retaliation penalties, which crimp its offense...
Adding injury to insult, two key players, senior starting forward Katie Phillips and freshmen center Allyson Keith, did not play because of injury. This left the Crimson with only nine healthy bodies, and the lack of depth put a crimp in the team's newly installed full court press (only 13 steals versus 20 for William and Mary) and fast break...
...constitutional immunity, some privilege against self-incrimination or free speech or freedom of association," says Jesse Choper, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law. "As a general proposition, a court can subpoena records that contain reference to criminal conduct." Such legalistic caveats cannot fail to crimp amateur Samuel Pepyses, who scribble in faith that their scribblings will remain private...