Word: steals
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...stars of the defense were junior Mike Scott, who set the school record for steals with seven, and Snowden, who pulled down 13 boards. Perhaps the most satisfying point of the game came off of Scott's fifth steal when he ran down the court and wowed the crowd with a slam dunk...
...them reassuring. Most important, Yeltsin presides over a system that was built with one purpose: to give him as much power as possible and reduce to an absolute minimum the political latitude of both parliament and his own ministers. Second, Yeltsin is profoundly jealous of anyone who tries to steal his limelight, and during his illness he has divided caretaker duties between presidential chief of staff Anatoli Chubais and Prime Minister Victor Chernomyrdin, two men whose approaches to politics and government are diametrically opposed. The result, as the President undoubtedly intended, is political stalemate. The third answer is that Russia...
...apparently for no reason other than novelty. As all Hamlet-o-philes know, the story begins with the sighting of King Hamlet's ghost by Horatio (Nicholas Ferrell), Marcellus (Jack Lemmon '47) and Barnardo (Ian McElhinney). Here Bismarck-style hats poised atop the head of an improbably cast Marcellus steal a scene intended to prepare the audience for the play's mood of ranting and revenge. But to the audience's consternation, the period so over-emphasized early on plays a minor or non-existent role later in the movie's action...
...what about the latter? What about industrial spies who steal trade secrets? Or the New York politician who used to brag about hearing former Governor Mario Cuomo's daily phone calls? Or the folks who eavesdrop on your baby monitor at midnight...
...questioning the overture and in some cases labeling it nothing more than a political sham. Clinton, who seems more intent than ever in moving towards the center and banishing the reformist stance he held early in his first term, defended his proposal, saying it was not an attempt to steal GOP thunder but a sincere attempt to approach their budgetary demands. Reemphasizing his desire to work with the GOP, he added, "The only way we can actually balance the budget is if we seize this moment to work together and I'm going to do my best to reach...