Word: sputtering
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...already stood firm against three interest-rate hikes. As for Y2K, I believe the panic came when tech stocks hit the skids last summer. Done. Finito. The market is now looking well past the millennium, having got comfortable with the notion that it will pass with barely a sputter. For that and other reasons, this year's seasonal lift could be something special...
...that point, Bittencourt said, Reid became agitated and began to sputter...
...interview, then that's a good morning. We're having a good morning." His loaded Smith & Wesson, his badge and his beeper are all hidden under his brown sports jacket, but he carries the school's ubiquitous power symbol, a walkie-talkie, and it will crackle and sputter plenty before the day is safely started...
Meanwhile, Harvard's offense began to sputter. The Crimson proceeded to go three-and-out--the first of five consecutive possessions without a first down--on its next possession, giving the ball back to Georgia and the Rams...
Cornell will get its fifth straight shutout if the Crimson attack continues to sputter. Harvard did not manage a single goal in its trip to the Left Coast, getting blanked by Stanford, 1-0, and by No. 20 Cal-Berkeley...