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Word: dumps (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...there are differences that go beyond the contrast between Major's low- key amiability and Thatcher's imperious hectoring. Less ideological and less combative than Thatcher, Major also is far more ready to dump a policy that is going wrong. He proved it last week by washing his hands of Thatcher's widely hated poll...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Britain Trimming Around the Edges | 4/1/1991 | See Source »

...voters said they wanted an elected President. But the route from the chairmanship of the republic's parliament, the position Yeltsin now holds, to the presidency is not unobstructed. This week, for example, he faces a parliamentary no-confidence vote, called by conservative Communists in an attempt to dump him from the chairmanship he narrowly won last May. If Yeltsin passes that test, he must then push through constitutional changes to create the presidency...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Soviet Union Gorbachev's Nightmare | 4/1/1991 | See Source »

First-seeded Clarkson (24-7-2 overall, 15-5-2 ECAC) kept Harvard's league-leading offense away from the net all game long by attacking the Crimson forwards at center ice and forcing Harvard (14-12-3 overall, 13-7-2 ECAC) into a dump-and-run game...

Author: By Daniel L. Jacobowitz, | Title: Golden Knights End an Era of Harvard Hockey | 3/11/1991 | See Source »

...knew we wanted to hem up their big guns," Golden Knights Coach Mark Morris said. "We got them off of their game by clogging up center ice. If you can do that, you force them to dump the puck...

Author: By Daniel L. Jacobowitz, | Title: Golden Knights End an Era of Harvard Hockey | 3/11/1991 | See Source »

...deadlock lasted 24 seconds. Drury, adding another dimension to his shake-and-bake skating style, gained control of the puck in a crowd just long enough to dump it under Rogles' left...

Author: By John B. Roberts, | Title: Icemen Topple Golden Knights | 2/23/1991 | See Source »

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