Word: hauls
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...bitterness of rejection, and the struggle to overcome a crippling affliction, forged a champion. "She decided to go faster and faster," her mother recalled last week. So fast that Van Dyken, now a 6-ft. 150-lb. sprinter, rocketed her way to four gold medals, an unprecedented haul for any American woman swimmer in a single Olympics. The 23-year-old Coloradan, daughter of a software-company president, anchored two relay victories, in the 4x100-m freestyle and the 4x100-m medley, and captured two individual golds, in the 100-m butterfly and the 50-m freestyle--a win that...
With back pay identified as among the most irksome issues, the team advised that Yeltsin haul officials on the carpet for failing to distribute the cash as he'd directed. The President embraced that suggestion with relish, and the press eagerly reported the boss's taking his subordinates to task...
...outdone, the Democrats' fund-raising gala last month was a two-day affair that raised $12.3 million, the biggest haul in Democratic Party history. It started with intimate dinners with top Clinton appointees at the homes of such luminaries as Ethel Kennedy and Vice President Al Gore. Those who gave $5,000 or more received a briefing by Clinton Cabinet officers, while the largest moneybags (those in the $250,000 category) got the best seats at the black-tie dinner on the second night...
...remains to be seen whether the new strategic activism will have a similar impact. Today's students are less inclined to attempt to intimidate administrators into submission. But many student activists hope that by keeping the past in mind and saddling up for the long haul, they can be just as effective in pushing universities toward the changes they desire...
...Secretary of State, my responsibility is to stay focused on the long haul. Some people would choose this critical moment to pronounce defeat for freedom in Russia and declare a new cold war. But as long as a better future is feasible, we should not walk away from an unprecedented opportunity to build a constructive relationship with Russia...