Word: straggler
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...single day, Harvard seems to have leapt ahead from a straggler to a leader, a game of leapfrog made possible only by the University's unparalleled--and growing--wealth...
Armed with such powerful weaponry to kill the main body of the enemy, and backed up by new therapies like TGF-beta antisense to hunt down straggler cells, Black believes the audacious course he set for himself in medical school may be attainable. Along with other top neurosurgeons, he may yet find a way to defeat--not just hold off--malignant brain tumors...
With President Clinton enjoying a 16-or-so-point lead in the polls, underdog Republican candidate Bob Dole turned to another legendary double-digit presidential straggler last week. "Like [Harry] Truman," Dole vowed, "I'm going to win a come-from-behind victory for President of the United States. You just wait and see." Gee, that sounds familiar...
...straggler from America's radical '60s gives herself...