Word: lift
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Carey was obviously a really nice place to lift," he said. "[Gordon is] just not quite as good facilities. We might have more of an overlap with people needing to use the same machines...
...threat of a default on the national debt, that was really more about spin than substance. The G.O.P. had long intended to use the need to lift the debt ceiling to gain leverage in budget negotiations; the Administration had an equal interest in casting the Republicans as reckless for holding the nation's credit hostage to "extreme" demands. Both sides, however, were quietly counting on Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin to stave off an actual default through internal bookkeeping changes--and last Wednesday he came through. He used an arcane process called "disinvestment," which enabled him to shift tens of billions...
...University not find less sensitive spaces to convert into offices? Or why not build a new building? Since the early '80's the University has wisely placed a moratorium on most new construction and instead concentrated on upgrading its existing buildings. It may be time, however, to lift this moratorium in order to build functional yet architecturally elegant new buildings...
With the score knotted at 2-2 seven minutes into the final period, the hulking right winger gave Harvard just the offensive lift it needed to go on top and ultimately pull out an important home-ice win. After peppering Princeton goaltender James Konte with a pair of shots from close range, Philpott reached out and swatted the rebound off Crimson center Henry Higdon's wrap-around into the net to put Harvard ahead for good...
...rebound and tried to wrap it around Konte on the right side. Again, Konte stopped it. But the line continued to work for the puck, and Harvard's gentle giant used all 6'4" of his frame to reach the biscuit with the tip of his stick and lift it over a fallen Konte...