Word: sank
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...stomach sank. Alexis told us of the overtime finish, of the breakaway goal that beat Aaron Israel, of the crock of a five-minute penalty assessed to the Crimson's Kirk Nielsen late in the game, of Lou Body's back injury that robbed Harvard of a critical defenseman as fatigue became a factor...
...then, Spinney, 48, and Taylor, 27, were worried. They telephoned Grumman, but their calls went unreturned. Both men spent an anxious weekend awaiting word of Grumman's fate, not to mention their own. Taylor's stomach sank when he heard last Monday that Martin Marietta's offer was fully $18 over Grumman's recent $37 price -- and $10 more than most of the contracts the two traders had written. That huge gap left them with the bulk of a $2 million shortfall. "I was depressed," says Taylor with a wry laugh...
Diller had other reasons to err on the side of caution. While serving as chairman of Rupert Murdoch's Fox Inc. in the late 1980s, he saw how excessive debt almost sank that entertainment company. In the end, Diller essentially threw in his hand and let Redstone rake in the pot. For Redstone, the triumph in what he angrily came to call "the cruel, abusive and sometimes ridiculous battle for Paramount" could hardly have been sweeter. With the battle about to end last Monday, Redstone, Biondi and two Viacom colleagues repaired to the posh "21" Club in midtown Manhattan...
...Princeton on January 8 and played the Tigers close before finally succumbing, 69-56. The Crimson was within four with 55 seconds to play, but stellar Tiger foul shooting, especially by Laura Leacy shooting, especially by Laura Leacy (10-10 from the line on her way 22 points), ultimately sank Harvard...
Some gays wouldn't mind if Philadelphia sank. "The movie was too polite, too ginger," says Scott Thompson, one of the cross-dressing quintet of Canadian TV cutups, The Kids in the Hall. "I am tired of the ginger treatment of homosexuality. It's insulting to the public. It says they are so stupid they wouldn't accept an honest portrayal. If Hollywood is using this movie to make America love us, they are making them love a false image. I don't want that kind of acceptance. And I am tired of hearing how brave Tom Hanks...