Word: scooped
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Observer's scoop was clearly untimely. "Had the talks remained , secret," said a Downing Street aide, "much more progress could have been made." Now Major's government will have to feel its way forward under a barrage of criticism from Ulster's Unionists, while the I.R.A. leadership fends off Republican extremists who consider any contact with the British a betrayal of the cause. Still, the revelations brought a sense of lift to the disheartening problems of Ireland. Most important, they disclosed that the I.R.A. may at last be willing to renounce violence and participate in further negotiations for a political...
Although the media focused on Williamson County's squeamishness About Apple Computer's human resources policy--a juicy story in a country obsessed with health care--the real scoop was that this desolate prairie outpost had promised Apple $750,000 for choosing the county as the site of a new customer service center...
...Scoop tuna onto bread...
...look, you think as you wait for a self-service scoop of cauliflower au gratin. The gentleman in front of you on line is wearing a ski mask. How quaint. However will he use his fork and knife? Oh, what does it matter. These ingenious Harvard men will always find...
...scoop, his coup," Schorr said...