Word: kareem
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...after a layup by freshman forward Keith Wright with 1:10 to go, the Crimson seemed set to play more solid defense to get the ball back with a chance to take the lead. And with 37 ticks left, freshman Oliver McNally knocked the ball out of Princeton forward Kareem Maddox’s hands. But the ball bounced off McNally and out of bounds. The referees ruled that it was a change of possession, so the 35 second clock restarted, forcing Harvard to abandon its defensive game and foul.“We made a point of emphasis...
...between 1987 and 1991. (To get the boys' names, the authors had to agree not to reveal the state's name.) The researchers developed an equation that gave the most popular name of the period, Michael, a score of 100. The name David got a 50. Ernest, Preston, Tyrell, Kareem, Malcolm, Alec were each given a 1. Kalist and Lee theorized that the boys with the lower-scoring names might commit more delinquent acts...
...work. Rather, boys with unpopular names are likelier to live in single-parent households and have less money. Those with unpopular names may also find it harder to get jobs because of the negative stigma toward certain names - particularly names likely to be given to African Americans, like Kareem. And the unemployed are likelier to commit crimes than those who work...
Their release gave the rest of the world a glance at what the siege looked like from the inside: hotel guests survived on drinks and snacks from the mini bar, with no official information reaching them. Among the first batch of released hostages was Kareem Sharif, an American-Canadian citizen, looking shaken but relieved. He said he'd been in the spa when the terrorists came in at 10:30 on Wednesday night and unleashed mayhem. He says they fired indiscriminately, and people took shelter wherever they could. David Jacobs, an Australian, said it wasn't the lack of food...
...Kareem Crayton, a professor of law and politics at the University of Southern California and an expert on ballot initiatives, suggests that increased Democratic voter turnout combined with the stance that many libertarians take on end-of-life issues may have played a role in the measure's success. "Many libertarians think about the notion of death as one of the most personal decisions one could make," he said, adding that they don't want "the government getting...