Word: hook
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Hill miss, Mbom boxed out Fisher with a hard elbow to pull down the defensive rebound, then he started a transition run the other way. Mbom finished with a baby hook from the low post and drew a foul, Fisher's fourth, and hit his free throw...
Despite Harvard's difficulty holding onto the ball, and its shooting trouble--the Crimson shot 35 percent in the first half--the score remained close. Junior forward Laela Sturdy connected on a baby hook off a feed from freshman Katie Gates with 2:51 remaining in the first half to bring Harvard to within...
...breaks for investment, school vouchers and federal funding for church-sponsored social services. A member of the upstart class of 1994, Watts rode to Washington on a promise to reform welfare, arguing that "race-hustling poverty pimps" in the Democratic Party had used it and other social programs to hook blacks on government checks. But he has also defended affirmative action. The G.O.P. cannot move to dismantle it, Watts has argued, without offering a credible alternative...
...segment (bonus points if you remember host Sarah Purcell). Coleco began aggressively pushing the Cabbage Patch dolls--it sent them directly to reporters, a relatively new technique. Of course the Cabbage Patch Kids eventually sold well (more than $700 million) because kids liked them. But the adult hook--reporters thought the dolls looked "traditional," like the ones Granny might have made on the farm--started the buzz. And the buzz led to scarcity, which in turn created more buzz...
...size of a city bus with 16-in., hook-shaped thumb claws and a snout like a mutant crocodile..." --Washington Post...