Word: flexed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Crusader pressure off its Arizona flex defense and some Crimson miscues handed its offense great field position early, producing two quick touchdowns. The first Holy Cross scoring drive began on Harvard's 41-yard line after the Crimson was forced to punt deep in its territory when Wilford had no time to pass...
...look offense will be put to the test on Saturday when it faces Holy Cross' flex defense, which emphazises pressure on the quarterback and on the running game...
...tolerate his viewpoint.? Conversely, adds Thompson, debates surrounding recent military conflicts clearly demonstrate the disparity of opinions on military involvement within both the Republican and conservative camps. So while the military will probably never present a united front on potential solutions in East Timor, they won?t hesitate to flex their political muscle when it comes to the social issues playing out in their own barracks ? or their own backyards...
...Silicon Valley is also facing a severe shortage of qualified techies. There are 500,000 vacancies, a number expected to grow to a few million. In such a tight labor market, the Net may be just the tool for the growing ranks of job-hopping free agents to flex their bargaining muscle...
...politics. They have enrolled their children in public schools, registered to vote and joined local branches of civil rights organizations en masse. About 125 of the 550 members of the Putnam County N.A.A.C.P. are Nuwaubians. The people in the county, 30% black and 70% white, expect the Nuwaubians to flex their muscle at the polls any time now. "They're the nicest people," says a young white waitress at Rusty's, a small diner in downtown Eatonton. "But I'm afraid they are trying to take over the town...