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Word: drafted (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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Feaster, co-captain of the 1997-98 Harvard women's basketball team and the nation's leading scorer this year, signed a contract yesterday with the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). The terms of the agreement are confidential, but the signing makes Feaster eligible for the WNBA draft which will be held on April 29 at 11 a.m. in New York City...

Author: By Eduardo Perez-giz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Feaster Nets Chance to Play Pro Basketball | 4/24/1998 | See Source »

Pena is Northeastern's Hank Contos, an athletic first baseman who hits for both power and average. Pena is a preseason All-American, and College Baseball New England projects him as a top-five pick in the June amateur draft...

Author: By Jamal K. Greene, | Title: Peter Gammons, Yahoo Grace Beanpot Stands | 4/22/1998 | See Source »

...best defensive centerfielders in collegiate baseball. Combine such an accolade with his .410 batting average and .692 slugging percentage--plus the team lead in home runs despite missing over half of Harvard's games with a broken hand--and you get the Crimson's best draft prospect in years...

Author: By Jamal K. Greene, | Title: Peter Gammons, Yahoo Grace Beanpot Stands | 4/22/1998 | See Source »

Rejection always stings at first, but it only truly affects the attitude of the individual when they forget the times in life when they were the best. These little victories are what make life worth living. Using the "draft method" to equalize pain is the wrong answer...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Rejection a Price Worth Paying | 4/22/1998 | See Source »

...purplish hair and insouciance to spare, and the honored guests were George Jones and Tammy Wynette. I sat slack-jawed and transfixed as they sang (We're Not) the Jet Set. ("No, We're not the Jet Set/ We're the old Chevrolet set/ Our steak and martini/ Is draft beer with weenie"*). She sat on the plush blue antique sofa, hair poufed out to here, with nails, makeup and outfit perfectly coordinated. She looked like a lotus blossom sitting next to George Jones, a perfect foil, but completely herself. It was the most relaxed I was ever...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Eulogy: Tammy Wynette | 4/20/1998 | See Source »

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