Word: gotten
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...This team has a bunch of great guys," he said, "but we just haven't gotten all the breaks. We've been playing well as a defense, but we just haven't got the luck...
...that the return of Mosley is a major addition to the Crimson line-up at 174-pounds is an understatement. Also nationally ranked and No. 1 in the EIWA, Mosley is the definition of dominance. He is a three-time NCAA qualifier and has already gotten off to a terrific start with an easy sweep at the Ivy Tournament. Joining Killar as co-captain, Mosley's presence on-and-off the mats is a huge asset to this team...
...push-ups. As in on the floor of the drill sergeant's office while the afternoon football game - oh, the outside world! - murmured off to the left. "Ged down dere," he drawled in his Philippines twang, and we did, me and my bunkmate, the one who'd gotten us in trouble in the first place. The one I'd insisted on joining for the fun of it. To see what it was like to get dropped, or burned, or smoked, by these big scary drill sergeants who up to this point had been all bark and horror stories...
Rudenstine says that, in several searches for new deans, women and minorities have made it onto his short list but not gotten an offer...
...stood up and accused him of hypocrisy: Why does he take truckloads of money from the communications industry he regulates as chairman of the Commerce Committee? People in the room couldn't hear the question until McCain said, disarmingly, "You'd better use the microphone--I think you've gotten to the hot part." The guy asked if McCain would pledge to accept no money from industries he oversees. "Absolutely not," said McCain. "I'm sorry." He had to take the money, he said, because "I'm fighting against the massive contributions and six-figure donations" flowing to George...