Word: shaft
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...when Clinton looked out into the crowd he saw the same White House Press Corps, asking the same old questions. He was the same ladies' man in a jam, just a different setting. Which of course happened to another cat some years ago: Shaft in Africa (1973). Ass-whoopin', crime solvin' and woman gettin' brought to you by the "black private dick who's a sex machine with all the chicks" -- or so the song says. Can you dig it? OK, so it's no original Shaft, but it's still the man vs. The Man -- so check...
...even begin to explain how Maine, a team that plays in the America East--a conference that is weaker than the Ivy League--and lost to two teams that Harvard handily defeated, got a 13 seed. That may be a worse crime than Harvard getting shaft...
...classroom, peering at the work on their screens, shooting down technical troubles. "It's more fun for me now with my classmates, for sure," he says, nodding. At the front of the room, the students take turns projecting reports from their laptops onto a large white screen. A shaft of sunlight streaming through the windows makes the reports look a little faint. "We normally save these for cloudy days," Gordon jokes. Jose's group goes last and offers a presentation on geothermal energy that would impress in a corporate boardroom. When the students finish, their teacher nods approvingly. The class...
...were powerless to make the sweeping maneuver necessary to orient the solar panels, the thrusters on the Soyuz might not be. Like a pickup truck pushing a tractor trailer, the little lifeboat just might be able to nudge the mammoth Mir far enough for its panels to catch a shaft of sunlight...
...demonstrators at the rally on Monday, while Scientology organizers put the size of the crowd at 6,500. The group had hoped Travolta, one of the Los Angeles-based religion's most prominent disciples, would personally attend the demonstration. Two other celebrity Scientologists ? "Fatal Attraction" actress Anne Archer and "Shaft" composer Isaac Hayes ? joined the protest march through the streets of Berlin...