Word: stretch
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...somehow, she manages not to take my advice; Two Mikes falls off in the stretch run, finishing somewhere in the middle of the pack. And I leave the track having blown a good 15 bucks, feeling somewhat empty and slightly used. But late that very night, an interesting bit of news about Bertucci's (BERT), the KSF's other holding, comes to my attention: The company's founder is making an effort to buy a controlling interest in the restaurant chain and he's going to pay $8 a share--28 percent more than we paid...
...back the ears. It's a mix of black, white and Hispanic kids with one language: words like slicks and tranny, struts and squeeze. Someone says, "Let's go," and they pull out single file, sucking oil wells dry as they caravan toward the drag strip--a remote industrial stretch in the nothing-else-to-do town of Sylmar...
Austin, in his fifth NBA season, thrived in a 22-game stretch earlier this season when he started in place of the injured Alonzo Mourning. He was averaging 12.7 points and 6.3 rebounds in 52 games, including 25 starts, after being named Most Improved Player last season...
...four years these seniors have spent at Harvard, the Crimson has an overall record of 77-24 and an Ivy League record of 46-5. Still more impressive is Harvard's resume at home over the same stretch...
...there is a limit to how thin this rationale can stretch. After two record-breaking years of endowment growth, the University can certainly reward itself for its good stewardship by opening the bank vaults just a little--enough to fund those needs that Harvard students have been clamoring about for years, such as smaller classes, better advising, remodeled athletic facilities. Just how much money is this mere 1 percent? Last year, the University collected $147.9 million in undergraduate tuition. $111.6 million could wipe out 75 percent of this...