Word: dropping
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...truly impressive ability of the Crimson to convert on third and long, the scouting report effectively honed in on weaknesses in the Penn man coverage. As a result, Linden threw to more sideline and out routes than he has in previous weeks, but with no apparent drop-off in success...
...Bill Murray) is a high school actor whose ambitions landed him smack dab behind the counter of his local Blockbuster video store. His brother (Peter Gallagher of sex, lies and videotape fame), on the other hand, is a smooth talking well-dressed I-banker in London. Wallace decides to drop in on his brother for his birthday (thankfully Gallagher saves us a reprise of his recent flop To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday). The brother, James, freaks, being on the cusp of a multimillion dollar deal with the Germans" (soon virtually every nationality's stereotype will be played...
...rock aesthetic, not to mention their most recent foray in appropriating a selection of jazz styles, have garnered them a strong cult following both here and across the Atlantic. Moreover, with these guys darlings of the pop music industry, it's not uncommon for more mainstream bands to drop the names of Gane and Sadier as what they're listening...
...second straight major test, the Crimson (7-1, 5-0 Ivy) responded with 27 unanswered points to drop the Bears (5-3, 2-3) out of the title chase. Ivy League Offensive Player of the Week Chris Menick continued his dominance of the league's defensive lines, carrying 32 times for 201 yards and three touchdowns as Rich Linden completed 15-of-31 for 187 yards...
What I encountered in the first essay, "The Pursuit of the Ideal," was a magical world of thought that seemed to me wonderful but overly complex. After all, I had not even heard of Kant, much less been able to name-drop The Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals in section. Yet despite all the references to Herder, Plato, Machiavelli and Voltaire, I detected some resonance in this history of ideas. What "a priori" meant I did not know, but the basic themes I understood. Berlin was saying that theories were wonderful stuff, great to think about and even more...