Word: sank
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...half, Harvard shot a blazing 64 percent from the field, while the Irish sank a meager 38 percent of their shots...
...next possession, Harvard pounded the ball into senior center Arturo Llopis. Looking like Kevin McHale, Llopis executed a beautiful up and under move and sank the shot...
...nomination, but certainly not the election. By June, Clinton's campaign had hit rock bottom. Perot had entered the race, and for a time drew so much attention as to push Clinton almost out of sight. While Perot rocketed in the polls, Clinton sank to a bad third, pulling only 25%. On top of that, the campaign had run $4 million into debt. Somewhat surprisingly, though, that proved the easiest problem to fix. Aides whomped up a direct-mail campaign that quickly raised the money...
...with winds over 130 mph. Governor Lawton Chiles incorrectly thought the disaster declaration, signed by Bush on the day of the storm, was the same as a request for military help. Nobody at FEMA advised him otherwise or nudged the White House when the reality of the damage finally sank in. "I don't think it's wise to declare martial law," says Fascell, "but when we know we have a catastrophe headed our way, we should have a highly visible disaster czar with a definite command structure to deal with it early on, and obviously that's the military...
...dollar slump and the ripple effect felt by other currencies staggered stock and bond markets around the world. Business and consumer confidence, already shaky, suffered another setback. Investors watched helplessly as early in the week stock prices sank and long-term interest rates turned upward, depressing investments and driving up mortgages and other borrowing costs. "Rising rates and a falling dollar -- that's the definition of a currency crisis," says C. Fred Bergsten, director of the Institute for International Economics in Washington. "What it says is that foreigners are pulling out of both U.S. currency and financial markets...