Word: lock
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Since the Thanksgiving contest, it is clear that both squads have improved dramatically, as both teams have steadily climbed in their respective leagues. B.C. has a lock on first place in Hockey East, and the Crimson is only a point from possessing the top slot in the ECAC behind Ivy foe Cornell...
...parting gifts included four Orthodox Jews from New York State who had bilked the government out of $40 million in education aid, housing subsidies and small-business loans. During Hillary Rodham Clinton's Senate campaign, the First Lady visited the Skver sect in New Square, N.Y., trying, successfully, to lock in a group that usually swings Republican. After the Skver turned out in force for Hillary, she invited the group's spiritual leader to the White House, where he asked the President to lighten the men's sentences. The subsequent commutations only heightened suspicions--vehemently denied by Clinton...
...approach to deregulation, such as Michigan and New Jersey, Pennsylvania's incumbent utilities were not required to sell the bulk of their power plants and become middlemen, vulnerable to the price spikes in the wholesale market. Even if they chose to purchase from other generators, they were allowed to lock in reasonable prices with long-term contracts instead of relying on the daily spot market. "As usual, California fired before they aimed," says Tom Hill, chief financial officer of Pennsylvania utility PECO Energy...
...parting gifts included four Orthodox Jews from New York State who had bilked the government out of $40 million in education aid, housing subsidies and small-business loans. During Hillary Rodham Clinton's Senate campaign, the First Lady visited the Skver sect in New Square, N.Y., trying, successfully, to lock in a group that usually swings Republican. After the Skver turned out in force for Hillary, she invited the group's spiritual leader to the White House, where he asked the President to lighten the men's sentences. The subsequent commutations only heightened suspicions - vehemently denied by Clinton...
...Like Lock, Stock, it also stars Vinnie Jones and Jason Statham and has lots of gunplay. It's not exactly an endorsement of the filmmaker's versatility--the jury's still out on whether Ritchie's talent can ever measure up to his matrimonial fame--but Snatch's whiz-bang style does indicate that its director is more than a "toyboy...