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Word: stretching (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Lawrence (23-13-3, 15-4-3, 2nd) is a team that surprised everyone last year, claiming first place for most of the season before regional rival Clarkson overtook it down the stretch. The Saints rode the back of their dominating goaltender Eric Heffler (2.11 GAA, .934 save percentage), the ECAC Player of the Year in his senior season...

Author: By Jennie L. Sullivan and Michael R. Volonnino, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Around the Men | 10/27/1999 | See Source »

...Russian field commander Tuesday offered a $1 million bounty on the head of the Islamic separatist guerrilla commander Shamil Basayev, but that may be simply posturing. "Correspondents manage to interview Basayev without much trouble, and he?s not exactly hiding out," says Meier. "It would require a stretch of the imagination to believe that the Russian special forces don?t know where he is." Even more bizarre, perhaps, is the mounting speculation that President Boris Yeltsin is unhappy with the spectacular rise in Prime Minister Vladimir Putin?s popularity prompted by the Chechnya operation. "Even though the Kremlin?s game...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Battle for Chechnya Brings Out the Bizarre | 10/26/1999 | See Source »

Harvard played well in almost every facet of the game on Saturday, and the result was a win that everyone can enjoy. The Crimson is in good position for the stretch run and will win at least a share of the title if it wins out. It also gets to enjoy the thrill of winning late...

Author: By Bryan Lee, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: BLee-ve It! | 10/25/1999 | See Source »

...give out a box of [tennis balls] every 20 minutes," she said, watching the crowd in front of her stretch 20 deep. "They're supposed to be for their pets, but it's really for them...

Author: By William P. Bohlen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Crowds Revel in Regatta Pageantry | 10/25/1999 | See Source »

Teachers, like parents, have always faced the tension between roots and wings: how to keep kids safe and grounded; how to let them stretch and fly. But after so many shocking headlines, the adults are edgy and tempted to try to stamp out teenage rebellion and cruelty and popularity contests altogether. At a Webster pep rally, for the first time, individual team members are no longer introduced by name--to keep the cheering and booing from getting personal. Cheerleaders are picked by a panel of outside professionals, the football team rotates its captains so no one is favored, and anyone...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Week In The Life Of A High School | 10/25/1999 | See Source »

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