Word: propelled
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...Hansen?s loss did not sit well with teammate and fellow University of Texas backstroker Aaron Peirsol, who accused Kitajima of using an illegal dolphin kick to help propel him off the wall after turns. ?I was pretty angry after Brendan?s race,? he told reporters following his own backstroke heat. ?That?s [Brendan?s] medal. [Kitajima] knew what he was doing; he was cheating. Instead of gliding off the start, he took a huge dolphin kick to give him extra momentum. He knows we can?t see that. He takes gold and he was cheating.? U.S. team captain Eddie...
...result, while speakers have strong concern about the direction America is heading, most have steered clear of focusing too much on criticisms of Bush. Democratic officials say they hope the more optimistic strategy—employed with great success in 1992—can help propel Kerry to victory...
Salsgiver, meanwhile, is more concerned with the upcoming draft than the previous one. After turning down a six-figure signing bonus out of high school, the Crimson’s right fielder and former high school All-American is attempting to use the Cape League to propel him up teams’ draft boards...
...speech won him icy stares and undeniable celebrity as a fearless am-Busher. It helped propel his books Stupid White Men and Dude, Where's My Country? to the top of the best-seller lists. And it provided the emotional foundation for his latest, most audacious film. (At Cannes, Quentin Tarantino called Fahrenheit 9/11 "the first movie ever made to justify an acceptance speech.") By now Michael Moore, lone wolf, has morphed into Michael Moore Inc. And also Michael Moore, target. He is the subject of a book-length blast from the right, Michael Moore Is a Big Fat Stupid...
Rose scrambled for 91 yards on 19 attempts, four times hitting paydirt to propel the Harvard-led offense, while Palazzo carried 18 times for a game-high 136 yards with one touchdown...