Word: froze
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Judge William Howard admonished the spectators and participants not to show any emotion. It seemed an impossible request, given the passion and compassion aroused by the case. Yet when June Miller, the Union County, South Carolina, clerk of court, read "guilty of murder" on the first count, the courtroom froze as if a tableau. Only Susan Smith seemed to move, shuddering at what had just been said and was about to be said again. "Guilty of murder," said the clerk on the second count...
Harvard put the go-ahead run at second with two outs, but pitcher Audrey West and her riseball--who started the sixth inning--froze Reinhard at the plate for a called third strike...
...pulled away from the curb my entire body froze up. My formerly smooth, fluid motions became stiff and jerky. I felt myself turning red. Walrus, meanwhile, was not amused...
...Princeton expected to roll right by us and when we gave them a run, they froze for awhile," Costin Scalise said...
Washington has been urging Arafat to condemn the terrorism, impress upon his own people how much these actions hurt their cause, and take vigorous steps against the perpetrators. Officials think he is making progress, though not fast or firmly enough. President Clinton froze the U.S. assets of 12 Middle East extremist groups, including the Islamic Jihad group that claimed responsibility for Beit Lid, and its larger cousin, the Gaza-based Hamas. Washington had no illusion that this would matter much; the work of the militants does not cost a lot, and Iran, their chief bankroller, is happy to make...