Word: kept
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...fresh from its Mexican voyage, can only simulate its game within the confines of a small cage. With sports so directed and dependent upon the outdoor environment, it is no surprise that the mental toughness of the athletes soon becomes the focal point of training, as frustration must be kept in check...
...white or an Asian is therefore kept out not because of their performance, but because of the failure of people of his race applying in sufficient numbers," says McLaughlin. "I'm sure there are many students who would have gotten in who are Asian or white who are being kept out by the new quota, and that is fundamentally unfair because we're talking about a governmental entity...
Against Princeton, Harvard kept the game close early. Late in the first half, the Crimson trailed by a slim 3-2 margin, powered by goals from senior Liz Schoyer and freshman Ashley Birch...
...cause celebre when it was revealed that the millionaire had picked up the tab for the student. Stanford, fearing the NCAA would strip its star golfer of his amateur status, made Woods send Palmer a check for his half of the tab: $25. Story has it that Palmer kept the check and framed it, but the truth is that he did cash it, more for Tiger's sake than...
...triumphant swing through his mother's native Thailand, an awe-inspiring victory at the Mercedes Championships and a rare show of petulance after an inconsiderate photographer disturbed his concentration. The snit was perfectly understandable given his age and the demands newly placed on him--demands that can't be kept behind gallery ropes, demands that not even Palmer has faced. Woods, after all, carries the hope of both African and Asian Americans, not to mention Nike, and he must deal with much more media than Palmer ever did. And those demands will only increase as his tour proceeds back through...