Word: stretch
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...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...
...shape of the Science Center seems like it would be an attention-getter; most of the tourists were able to easily remember its alleged tell-tale camera shape. An even greater number believed that the shape seemed to be a stretch of the imagination. Eight-year-old Sarah Stevens of Boston said that, camera or not, it was "real ugly." Well said...
Forced into a number of low-percentage distance shots, Schaeffer managed only eight points on 2-of-7 shooting and the Crimson hung on, sealing the deal with clutch free-throw shooting down the stretch, finishing 19-of-26 in the second half...
...life, questioning state troopers and women with whom Clinton was rumored to have had contact. Starr said he was using "well-accepted law-enforcement methods" to gather leads. All the same, the theory he was pursuing--that Clinton may have disclosed Whitewater secrets during pillow talk--seems a stretch...
Such anxieties are compounded by the way all figure-skating competitions are set up. Some skaters have been known to psych one another out in practice and warmup, which usually take place in the same rink. Once the competition begins, all skaters stretch in the same area backstage, as the public-address system booms their rivals' scores throughout the arena. As many as 40 min. can elapse between an on-ice warmup and a contestant's solo turn to compete. Some skaters plug in earphones, listening to whatever relaxes them, drowning out their bothers. (Lipinski tunes in to peppy dance...