Word: spreading
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...when they stepped onto the court they also brought an electricity with them that spread to the rest of the team. In last year's opening-round loss to Vanderbilt in the NCAA Tournament, Buzz and Rhino led the Harvard defensive charge and turned in their best games of the season, respectively...
...first half, Harvard only held a one-rebound edge (22-21) to a team whose entire starting frontcourt was 6'4". Nevertheless, the Beavers--an up-tempo team that lives and dies with the outside shot--did a good job of slipping through the spread-out Harvard defense and fighting for contested balls...
Pepsi is trying to raise milk's profile by applying the marketing tactics that have spread cola to all parts of the globe. The company is starting smaller, test marketing a beverage called Smooth Moos Smoothies in Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas. It is a 2% fat dairy shake packaged in old-fashioned milk bottles, and it comes in such flavors as double chocolate and banana. The product gives consumers 25% of their daily calcium requirement and keeps retailers happy with a shelf life of nine months. "Here was an opportunity to take something traditionally thought of as a commodity...
...fire which began Wednesday burned for 21 hours before being brought under control by firefighters. The search for victims continues Thursday. Fire department officials say the blaze probably started when welding sparks, used during elevator renovation, ignited combustible material at the bottom of a shaft, causing the fire to spread from the basement to the 13th and 14th floors. For security reasons, the 21-year-old building had sealed windows both at the front and the rear, meaning the fire and smoke could not escape and the heat surged through the staircases where rescue operations were taking place...
...file flap passes from retiring Representative Bill Clinger of Pennsylvania to the more volatile Representative Dan Burton of Indiana. Overseeing Senate probes will be Tennessee Senator Fred Thompson, who worked on the Watergate Committee in 1973. But Thompson isn't without misgivings. He is worried that the spread of these inquiries could paralyze or even permanently damage the presidency at a time "when we need a strong Executive...