Word: quicked
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...quick backcourt players forced numerous Crimson turnovers (27 in all), as the Huskie guards forced weak Crimson passes and came up with most of Northeastern's 15 steals...
...that corporate America does business. Some 2,806 mergers and buyouts worth nearly $130 billion have occurred so far this year, up from 2,755 deals worth about $100 billion during a comparable period of 1985. The feverish activity has created a climate in which corporate raiders can reap quick, huge profits simply by buying a block of stock in a company, driving up the share price and then selling the securities back to the firm or to a higher bidder...
Providence was sparked by Heather Linstad's two goals and a quick defense that limited Harvard to just 13 shots on goal. Providence goalie Linda Belanger recorded the shutout...
Despite the quick notoriety that it has gained, Taiwan flu is not considered unusually dangerous. As a close cousin of long-dormant strains, however, it poses a particular threat to people under 35 with chronic health problems; they are not old enough to have developed a strong immunity from previous exposures...
...crowded downtown plaza as the final United Left rally before the balloting in Lima's tight mayoral race was getting under way. Peering through the dark tinted windshield, the man behind the wheel discreetly -- and expertly -- gauged the size and mood of the crowd. Then he made a quick decision: the candidate for mayor put up by his ruling center-left Popular American Revolutionary Alliance (A.P.R.A.) needed help. The limo wheeled around and headed back to the presidential palace half a mile away. Bucking a tradition that has kept Peruvian chief executives aloof from local elections, President Alan Garcia Perez...