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...Harvard struck out on two occasions, and against a savvy team, one mistake, let alone two, is usually more than enough to write your epitaph...
...John Malkovich (speaking languidly, as if reciting a solilquoy in creepy monotone): I don't know if I can answer that, because I can't tell who the real John Malkovich is at all. Certainly, when I first read the script, it struck me as being something familiar to me. Perhaps this story is something I could have lived, without being something I actually lived in reality. I don't think [the Malkovich of the film] is so much like me, but I like that. I remember one of the first reactions I had when reading it was quite creepy...
First, it promotes equal representation of minorities and eliminates the gerrymandering and redrawing of single-seat districts, replacing these districts with one multi-member district that proportionally elects a number of candidates. This characteristic is paramount in light of the Supreme Court's ruling in Miller v. Johnson, which struck down race-conscious districting as unconstitutional. Proportional representation is a racially nonbiased means of accomplishing representative minority presence within our political institutions and can serve to convince minority voters of the purpose and value of their votes...
...folks at Gatorade struck gold in the late 1980s when they invented the "sports drink"--essentially water, flavoring, a dolop of electrolytes and whacky coloring. Soon, nearly every major sport had Gatorade coolers on the sidelines. And then, with Michael Jordan jumping aboard, just about every athlete wanted to be like Mike and sweat orange bullets...
...folks at Gatorade struck gold in the late 1980s when they invented the "sports drink"--essentially water, flavoring, a dolop of electrolytes and whacky coloring. Soon, nearly every major sport had Gatorade coolers on the sidelines. And then, with Michael Jordan jumping aboard, just about every athlete wanted to be like Mike and sweat orange bullets...