Word: heighted
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Commodores began to take advantage of their front court height. In one sequence, the Crimson surrendered two offensive rebounds off free throws, one of the cardinal sins in basketball. This enabled Vanderbilt to increase its 74-70 lead to 80-70 with 4:15 remaining...
...have been other moments in our country's history when a potential threat to the safety of the community led to a limitation of individual rights. During World War I, the Sedition Act and the Espionage Act censored antiwar sentiments and restricted free press and free speech. At the height of the Cold War, supposed Communist leanings were grounds for arrest. In all these instances, the United States was at war against a specific enemy for a particular cause. Unfortunately, our war is not so clearly delineated. Our only enemy is ourselves, the war is indefinite and our cause...
...Brown has height; that's something we don't have," Gettelman said. "Their forwards don't have the speed that ours do, but they're unpredictable, which is dangerous...
...With sheer brute force: calculation and evaluation at cosmic speeds. At the height of the game, Deep Blue was seeing about 200 million positions every second. You and I can see one; Kasparov, two. Maybe three. But 200 million? It was style vs. power, and power won. It was like watching Muhammad Ali, floating and stinging, try to box a steamroller in a very small ring. The results aren't pretty...
...reversal in fortune, The Late Shift was one of the worst ideas for a TV movie ever. Docudramas that trot out actors to impersonate famous people, from Jackie O. to Roseanne, are pointless enough, but to re-create this TV-industry story for a mass audience seems the height of self-absorption. John Michael Higgins does a good job mimicking Letterman's cigar-chomping crankiness, but he's too energetic. Daniel Roebuck has the chin (with the help of prosthetics), but turns Leno into a simpering moron. Yet these characters, at least, will be recognizable to viewers. The rest...