Word: six-years
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
After suffering a six-year drought since its last Ivy title, Brown is poised to make a run at the league championship again this season. The Bears will rely heavily on sophomore guard Barbara Maloni, who averaged more than 20 points per game last season and was named second-team All-Ivy for her offensive prowess...
...Tanzim (which means the "organization") is led by rival warlords who pose a threat to Arafat's authority. Marwan Barghouti, 40, who helped orchestrate the six-year intifadeh from exile in Jordan, built himself a nice power base in the West Bank Tanzim until Arafat slapped his face a year ago for daring to challenge the Palestinian Authority. Then Arafat elevated another activist, Hussein Sheikh, to take over Barghouti's work among Fatah. And then Arafat changed tack again, publicly kissing Barghouti on the forehead late this summer. Both men claim to lead the Tanzim, both see their prominence...
Consumer advocates like former Senator Howard Metzenbaum, chairman of the Consumer Federation of America, hope that a government win might lead to a shake-up in interest rates, which this summer hit a six-year peak of 17.8%. Interest rates and penalty fees have shot up over the past several years, as issuers scramble to compensate for the growing number of Americans--now a majority--who clear their balances every month to avoid such charges. The fee system is at issue in several other cases involving the behemoths...
...million Cost to taxpayers (so far) of six-year federal investigation of the Clintons' role in the scandal, which ended last week without charges...
...bank, helped her corrupt foreign government officials and changed the face of New York City. For years, law enforcement called her the Mother of All Snakeheads, a leader of the species of international gangsters who specialize in the brutal trade in humans from China. And next month, after a six-year manhunt, they expect to have her back in New York for a trial...