Word: dunks
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...fails to fulfill its possibly loony intellectual aspirations. "All this for... what?" you find yourself asking. To which the answer comes back, as quick as a karate kick, "To gross at least $100 million on its first weekend, stupid!" As ambitions go, that one, at least, is a slam dunk. --By Richard Schickel
...announcement of who those bodies were. That's totally inappropriate. If they want to pat themselves on the back, they should have a party somewhere else. I'm just appalled at that, that our public people are like that. You have a district attorney calling this a slam-dunk before there's even an arraignment. I'm feeling like I'm living in Nazi Germany or the Soviet Union. I've just sick of this. (Her eyes are tearing up.) I think every man out there should be in fear if this is the way the police worked...
Venture investments are no slam dunk, even today. Many funds have been turning away new money and even rescinding prior commitments. "There aren't that many obvious opportunities for individuals to invest in venture capital," says Jeff Gendel, head of U.S. operations for InvestorAccess, a private-equity publishing firm based in London. But that may change fairly soon. Some of the best venture-fund managers, including Benchmark Capital, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Mayfield Fund and Sequoia Capital are rumored to be ready for new money. These are institutional managers, though individuals with $5 million to throw in (and commit...
...with long-range shooting. A three-pointer by Merchant put him at 41 points on the night—tying the school record held by Ralph James ’91—and closed the margin to one point, which sophomore guard Jason Norman erased emphatically with a dunk that put the Crimson ahead 72-71 seconds later...
...opened up a 56-48 edge in the second half, but Yale’s bench, propelled by an inspired crowd, took just two minutes to erase that lead. The Bulldogs’ Scott Gaffield and Paul Vitelli each hit three-pointers and forward Ime Archibong thundered home a dunk to give Yale a 58-56 lead with 11 minutes remaining...