Word: propeled
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Both Out of Sight, his smart, sexy 1998 George Clooney-Jennifer Lopez caper, and The Limey, a small-scale 1999 revenge thriller starring Terence Stamp, were testaments to his renewed confidence and fine-tuned techniques: the sharp cuts and occasionally free-floating dialogue that propel his stories. The onscreen heat he elicited between Clooney and Lopez proved that Soderbergh also had a talent for getting the best from his actors. Roberts' work in Erin Brockovich has scored a Golden Globe nomination and a Best Actress award from the National Board of Review...
Pain will propel most people to a doctor's office faster than just about any other complaint. It's usually a sign that something is wrong--though it's not always clear just what the problem is. Doctors can't measure pain objectively the way they can blood pressure or cholesterol levels. So when pain doesn't immediately respond to treatment, physicians and patients often--too often--accept it as just another symptom that has to be lived with...
Former Crimson women's soccer captain Beth Zotter '00, whose clutch goal-scoring helped propel Harvard to a No. 7 national ranking in 1999, will now be taking her talents to the New York Power of the new Women's United Soccer Association (WUSA...
...race. So Gore asked for a recount. Then he wanted another recount and so on. Gore has shown the country that he wants to recount the votes in Florida until he wins the election. He maintains that many votes were not counted that would potentially propel him over Bush. Never mind the fact that there is a margin of error all across Florida--let's just look at heavily Democratic districts. Bush counters this by bringing the case to court. Gore files a counter-claim and all of a sudden a court will be deciding the next President...
...panelists, all civil rights leaders themselves, emphasized the individual courage it took to get the civil rights movement going and propel it to fruition...