Word: overboard
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...love coaching, but anyone can coach," Ainge told the AP. "My wife has just one husband and my children have just one father. Some of you may think I'm jumping ship. I don't believe I'm jumping ship. I'm diving overboard to save my family...
...With a student body accustomed to packed schedules of courses and activities and high expectations from family and friends, Harvard's environment sends many students overboard, according to Charles P. Ducey, director of the Bureau of Study Counsel...
...shows that besides warding off heart disease, moderate amounts of alcohol may reduce the risk of stroke. The likelihood of suffering a stroke dropped 20% in men who drank anywhere from one glass a week to one glass a day. Any kind of alcohol works, but don't go overboard. Excessive booze--more than a few drinks a day--raises blood pressure, which dramatically heightens your risk of stroke...
...move up the "Tower of Greed," ascending from $25,000 to $2 million questions. One wrong answer and the team loses everything. As the prize money escalates, "terminator rounds" pit contestants against one another. The most interesting question on Greed is, Which team player will start tossing mates overboard in a mad pursuit of the one-winner-takes-all top prize...
Back in 1980, Vanderhoop had weathered Hurricane David off the coast of New Foundland. He told the crew, who donned life vests to prepare for a crisis, to stay together if tossed overboard and to try to avoid the possibility of receiving cuts which could attract sharks...