Word: musters
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...counter at Pinky's, a downtown lunch spot, Mark Murphy, a heating technician, expresses anxiety about his relatives back in Jersey City, N.J., but he can't muster much concern about himself. Like a lot of Montanans, whose state ranks near the bottom in per capita income and near the top for residents with multiple jobs, he's preoccupied with the poor economy. "People here are just worried about feeding themselves and having a job," he says. This comment draws nods from diners on nearby stools. It has been a long winter--they are always out here--and the white...
...Crimson showed plenty of heart during its rally against the Tigers, making a comeback that it could never muster against an unyielding Quaker team on Friday. In both games, however, the Crimson’s fate was the same, as its double-digit deficits proved insurmountable...
...tickets had long since sold out, and eager first-years were begging the driver to be let on board. Once allowed, these Dyke Ball first-timers piled into the bus, with one anxiously asking a friend if her “conservative brown dress” would pass muster with the queer fashion police...
...can’t muster the same enthusiasm for the handwritten inscriptions in books. Reading the inscriptions is like knowing you own a repossessed car; you are profiting from someone’s failure. What sort of ingrates were George and Everett to consign their birthday and Christmas presents from the Glenns and Grace, respectively, to the thrift store where I bought them? Whoever the Glenns and Grace were, they spent some time writing their names and the occasion on the flyleaves of Lone Eagle of the Border and Carl Hall of Tait. And yet their hopes of being remembered...
...stark contrast to the success of the Big Red bombers, the Crimson was unable to establish any rhythm in its offense, particularly with its perimeter shooting. A night after drilling 10 three-pointers on 21 attempts against Columbia, Harvard could only muster six long-distance buckets in 28 attempts (21 percent...