Word: stole
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...means next year could be a big one for Cheese.) Scott Adams, creator of the Dilbert comic strip and a chronicler of cubicle life, says, "Maybe a hundred people have suggested I mock it--which I have done." Others have parodied the book (Who Cut the Cheese? and Who Stole My Cheese...
...break a halftime deadlock—and this was just his warm-up show. He beat the Holy Cross defense for a layup, then broke a 37-37 tie with a three. With his team up 53-52 with under five minutes left, he popped another three, then stole the ball on the ensuing possession, forcing his opponents to foul him. He made both free throws and two more the next Harvard trip up the floor to put the proverbial nail in the coffin...
...second half saw more of the same. After the Black Knights took a 32-30 lead early in the half, he went right back at them, hitting a three early in the shot clock to put his team back on top. Several possessions later, he stole a pass and coasted to a layup, scoring several more times as his team pulled away, while stepping up pressure on the defensive...
...still a state militancy that could bring blood to the Malecón. But the new generation of Cubans both here and abroad are of a milder bent, with gentler aspirations. A cabdriver I met launched into a familiar refrain: most of his family fled to Tampa when Fidel Castro stole their lands. So was he--or his family in Florida--waiting to take the land back, to evict those who live there now? "No," he said, "we're all tired of thinking about fighting." His younger relatives in Florida have forgotten to be angry. More and more Cubans are looking...
...already achieved so many firsts for my race and I knew in my heart that being the first black president of the U.S. was next. And then he came. With only the advantage of age over me, a black man from Chicago who went to Harvard (sound familiar?) stole my dream. But a strange thing happened to me as I watched Barack embark on his historic journey to the White House. Since he first announced his candidacy, I could not help but cheer for him because even though I would have to sacrifice my own dream, it would mean...