Word: lifting
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Republican Governor. At a typical event, he comes crashing onstage, delivers a macho statement of intent, metaphorically flexes his muscles, then roars away. Nothing could be more different from the distinctly undynamic Davis, who ended up a hostage of Sacramento's lawmakers and lobbyists and who certainly couldn't lift the Governor's conference table. In his first year in office, Schwarzenegger has proved to be a rousing political one-man show. In a quip that partly mocked his old Saturday Night Live caricature, he branded Democratic legislators who were blocking his budget as "girlie men." Just last week...
...tougher question concerns caffeine's fabled ability to lift mood. Studies since the 1980s have looked into its effect on opiate centers of the brain, hoping for a treatment for depression or alcoholism. But is the high also hype? Certainly, among people new to caffeine, the buzz is real. A caffeine novice can get a kick from as little as 20 mg of caffeine--the equivalent of 1.5 oz. of strong drip coffee. But the average coffee drinker may consume upwards of 300 mg a day, often with no discernible effect on mood. Reason: the body quickly habituates...
...prowess for executing high percentage shots gave the Crimson a big lift when sloppy first-half play threatened to drag down the team...
...same time, however, Harvard allowed three soft goals of its own, prompting head coach Katey Stone to lift sophomore netminder Emily Vitt in favor of junior Ali Boe. Boe successfully held the Huskies scoreless in the final period on her way to picking...
...were obviously a little bit deflated because we’d had a few power plays and weren’t able to get anything going,” Harvard coach Ted Donato ’91 said. “So it was a huge lift to be able to bounce right back like that and tie the game...