Word: scooped
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...countries where American intelligence was often weak, Elder had to rely on his own contacts. In the mid-1990s, while overseeing construction of an oil pipeline in northern Algeria, Elder learned from local sources of a series of killings committed by the rebel Groupe Islamique Armee. This intelligence scoop--the government didn't announce the killings for several days--allowed Elder to steer employees safely away from the danger zones and keep the project on schedule. Indeed, throughout his years as a corporate security manager for BECHTEL and as a consultant to other companies, Elder, now retired, says he never...
...Crimson’s flurry of goals was largely a result of Fairfield turnovers and Harvard’s ability to scoop up ground balls...
Instead, they got a scoop they hadn’t counted...
...have expected the interviewer to at least quibble a bit, but he was satisfied with his scoop that a liberal Harvard professor of constitutional law would agree to torture. Indeed, they had quite an amiable chat, as though Dershowitz had uttered a seminal thought that had not been thought previously or put into practice by Caligula, Torquemada, Hitler, Stalin...
With 9:22 remaining, Monti sent off a scoop pass over two Eli defenders to Peljto, who promptly scored two, for a score 66-45. It was just one of Monti’s 10 assists for the night, in addition to four steals...