Word: deficits
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...speak forall rowers further erodes the "lessons on life" hedraws from "the art of rowing." Lambert did notrow for a substantial period of time in college,and he has not rowed at elite levels--these arefacts that he freely discusses in the book. Hedoes his best to subsidize this deficit ofexperience by recounting anecdotes about rowersand coaches at various levels. While Lambertsummarizes other rowers' stories effectively, theconclusions he draws are so all-encompassing thatthe reader begins to wonder how many people he cangenuinely speak...
...spectator, going into the seventh inning stretch with a three-run deficit was disheartening, considering the two transfers on the T and the shuttle ride back to New York," Olshan said. "But their rally in the bottom of the seventh made the experience definitely worthwhile...
...captain Judy Collins erased this deficit by tallying her 14th goal of the season, breaking her own school record for points scored in a single season with...
Harvard (8-2-1, 4-0 Ivy) exploded for five goals against Northeastern (2-11-1) on Friday to crush the Huskies, 5-0. The Crimson then dominated George Mason (10-5, 4-2 Colonial Athletic) yesterday, recovering from an early deficit with two second-half goals for a 2-1 victory...
Boys today are in trouble too. They are locked into rigid classroom routines before they are ready; their rambunctious behavior, once thought normal, is now labeled pathological, with such diagnoses as attention-deficit disorder and hyperactivity. They lose self-esteem and lag behind girls in reading and writing--erupting in violent behavior, killing themselves more often than girls. It all makes headlines, spawns research projects and prompts calls for remedial measures...