Word: straggler
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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...
...obvious KGB agents, judging by their suits, overcoats and good fur hats. The agents cursed and shoved the journalists, sending two of them sprawling into the curbside snow. As the shaken reporters picked themselves up, all but one of the gang disappeared down a side street. The straggler, a tall, beefy young man wearing a karakul hat, followed the correspondents as they headed for their car a block away...