Word: dunks
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...Despite the presence of the 27-minute video, this is hardly a slam-dunk case. For starters, prosecutors face the bizarre burden of establishing that the female in the video was, in fact, a minor. The alleged victim, now 23, has so far denied she is the female in the video. Court documents suggest she could testify on behalf of the defense. Meanwhile, prosecutors are expected to call to the stand several of her relatives, neighbors and friends to establish that she was, in fact, in the video and was a minor at the time. Prosecutors are also expected...
...much space because Milton's most characteristically impressive sentences can fill an entire page. Milton is the Michael Jordan of English poetry. You can't believe it's possible for anyone to remain airborne for so long, and the breathtakingly bravura suspension culminates in a verbal slam-dunk like "So never more in hell than when in heaven" or "sweet reluctant amorous delay" or "Again transgresses, and again submits...
...still best friends. But then Hannah suddenly travels to Scotland on business for six weeks, and during this separation, Tom realizes that Hannah is the “one.” But alas, when Hannah returns she is not alone, but engaged to a rich Scotsman who can dunk and is apparently very well “endowed.” Thus, in order to win Hannah back, Tom agrees to be her maid of honor and prove his worth. Ideally, an exciting thrill-ride of hilarious quests and heartfelt moments would ensue after this agreement, but that?...
Taken altogether, the U.S. evidence offered publicly about Iran's supposedly nefarious activities in Iraq is far from a slam-dunk case, a fact Dabbagh was at pains to make when speaking to reporters in Baghdad. "If it turns out there is hard evidence, the government will deal with it," Dabbagh said...
Historically, this has been a slam dunk. Option grants to top execs in the early and mid-'90s made them wealthy when the markets caught fire later that decade. In part to ward off criticism and in part because options were seen as free money then, many CEOs shared the bounty with the rank and file. This was most often true in cash-strapped start-ups in Silicon Valley. But the equity-for-all ethos spread. Fewer than a million people held options at the start of the '90s, but the number swelled to 12 million in 2001. It stands...