Word: pocketed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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With the Lions attempting to mount a scoring drive with a first down at their own 19-yard line, Thomason took one step out of the pocket and, with senior defensive end Chris Smith bearing down hard on him from the left side, he fired a strike straight to Jackson at the 38-yard line...
Take, for example, the on-again, off-again passing game of sophomore quarterback Rich Linden. Much praised-and deservedly so-for decision-making ability beyond his years in the starter's slot last season, Linden had some rocky moments in the pocket on Saturday afternoon...
...Hundt; environmental companies came with pleadings for Browner and Grumbly. In short order, Knight was the top-billing partner at the firm, routinely grossing a seven-figure sum. At a firm in which, as a former partner put it, "you eat what you kill"--that is, you pocket everything after deducting your expenses and a share of the firm's overhead--Knight had hit pay dirt. In 1995 he billed $2.9 million. At one point Knight even garnered a $1 million "success fee" for helping a client achieve a particular outcome, according to several former partners...
...other may do the same. For months White House officials hoped that Clinton, who says he doesn't remember meeting Jones and denies the sexual-harassment allegations, could mitigate the embarrassment of a cash settlement by having his insurers write the check. But paying out of his own pocket would seem a clearer admission of guilt...
Case refined his education at Pizza Hut, chewing his way through a yearlong assignment to scout the latest in pizza innovation at the unhealthy rate of eight to 10 pies a day. He helped the Hut launch a "pocket" pizza called Calizza--it followed the towelette into oblivion--and divined what he says is the single most important law of business: success requires you to sit taste bud to taste bud with your customer...