Word: steals
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Boston, the loss is immense. Vaughn's bulky presence behind the plate brought the fans to life game after game; when he stepped to the plate, there was reason to hope that the Sox might steal a game--might even, eventually, steal a World Series title for the first time since the end of World War I. With Vaughn gone, there will only be more sadness among Boston's long-suffering faithful...
...care. A week ago I would have said that I trusted my classmates at Harvard, a group of people so exceptional in every other respect, that they should naturally be morally superior as well. I trusted them not to walk into my dorm room and steal my computer. I trusted them not to swipe my TI-83 off my desk in the library when I went to the bathroom. I trusted them to return my ID card to me when I lost...
...really Yankees. Yankees are Babe Ruth, Mickey Mantle and Reggie Jackson. Yankees are guys who like nothing better than hitting home runs, except for talking about hitting home runs. Yankees don't understand strategy because they're too good, too lazy and too drunk to bother. Yankees don't steal bases, paint the corners or run out routine grounders. And Yankees never, ever avoid the media. Of his team, Torre says, "They all want to get the game-winning hit, but they don't want to talk about it." These aren't Yankees. These guys are likable...
...city 50 miles west of Shanghai. "But even he is too weak to take on all the problems in China." The official then details the extent of corruption, inefficient industry, nepotism and financial chaos that plague his city, a microcosm of the mess China is in. Top cadres routinely "steal" houses for their children, he says, while others divert business loans to their own accounts and then walk away from the repayments. "It goes right to the top. The local party secretary's office was so expensively decorated--they say it cost $200 per square meter--that it was better...
...complicates life. Consider the precautions called for if you rent a hotel room for an extramarital dalliance: don't arrange the rendezvous by e-mail, don't pay your bill by credit card, and beware of security cameras in the lobby. (Also: if in New York City, don't steal any kisses at the corner of Fifth and 45th, which is globally viewable at www.mte.com/webcam/. But is all this really too much to ask when you're violating one of the Ten Commandments...