Word: lift
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...season that began with senior shooting guard Mike Beam's 30-footer in overtime to lift the Crimson (13-13, 7-7 Ivy) over Boston College will clearly be remembered for its penultimate weekend...
...Princeton-Yale weekend gave us a huge lift that carried through the rest of the season," Allman said...
...with the length of the court to go. The inbounds pass came to freshman guard Katie Gates inside Dartmouth's three-point arc. The rookie turned, took three dribbles past midcourt and heaved a 40-foot prayer that was answered, off the glass, at the buzzer, to lift Harvard to a 65-63 victory...
...launch of Loral's Intelsat 708 communications satellite in Sichuan province in February 1996 was a fiery disaster. The Chinese-made Long March rocket that was supposed to propel the American satellite into space crashed into a hillside 22 sec. after lift-off and exploded, raining flaming rocket fuel and red-hot shards of the 3-ton satellite on a nearby village. China initially said six villagers choked or burned to death, and later upped the number to 56, but U.S. estimates put the fatalities closer...
...therein lies the Hugh Grant problem--for there's been a bit of a problem. Even in a profession notable for its make-'em, break-'em lift-offs and plummets, Grant's career has had a greater sizzle, louder fizzle than most. Can anyone remember what he has done since Four Weddings? There have been a few films, either financial flops, like Extreme Measures; mistakes, like Nine Months; or period dramas more memorable for the performances of others, like Sense and Sensibility. Oh, and there was his most unforgettable role of all--international whipping boy of 1995 after that "lewd...