Word: stroke
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Gates doesn't address anyone by name, hand out praise or stroke any egos. But he listens intently, democratically. His famous temper is in check, even when he disagrees with someone's analysis of the DVD's capability to handle something called layering. "Educate me on that," he says in challenging the analysis, and after a minute or so cuts off the discussion by saying, "Send me the specs...
...positive note, the Crimson freshmen also continued to do well throughout the meet, with Todor claiming Harvard's next victory with a first place finish in the 200 breast-stroke with a time...
Apart from that stroke of bad timing, this authoritative reference book rides the espionage headlines exceedingly well. The Soviets' CIA mole Aldrich Ames is here, as is hot-off-the-press documentation gleaned from the long-secret U.S. "Venona" decrypts of Russian intelligence, which pretty much confirm the guilt of the late Alger Hiss. More than 2,000 entries deal with the history of spying, the complexities of cryptography and trade jargon (dry clean: to determine whether one is under surveillance; pianist: a clandestine radio operator; swallow: Russian term for a female agent assigned to seduce a target; raven...
...other top performances, junior Mike Kiedel, a transfer from University of Florida, won the 200 free with a time of 1:40.08 and the 500 free with a time of 4:32.03. Senior Joshua Adams won the 200 breast-stroke with a time...
...experimental drug beats ASPIRIN at preventing heart attacks and stroke without harming the stomach...