Word: targetting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Basil's shot was off target, and bounded highoff the rim to the right. Feaster reentered thecourt, gained position on the right block, hauledin the offensive rebound and somehow managed tolay the ball in with three defenders surroundingher...
When ethnic groups organize social events and target them at their own membership only, they make intragroup relationships the sole purpose of their existence. In those purely social events such as karaoke night, study breaks, parties and dances, no real learning or inter-cultural exchange takes place. Such events undermine the supposed rationale for the existence of the organization itself...
Feaster also needed just six rebounds to record 1,000 for her career, a feat accomplished by only five other Ivy League players. She collected number 1,000 on the final sequence of the first half after an off-target Lehigh shot...
...risk that a prosecutor, like Kenneth Starr, could induce a false story from a frightened target is greatest when the allegations against the higher up are vague. Crimes such as "subornation of perjury" and "obstruction of justice" are as vague as they get. A slight shift in nuance or emphasis could turn the true reality of an innocent conversation or job offer into the false memory of an apparent felony. The shift in nuance need not even be deliberate. Memories tend to be enhanced by the realities of threat and promise...
...because predictions are always interesting in retrospect, whether right or wrong. Upon the celebration of the 150th anniversary of The Crimson, the editors of the future will have something to look back upon and analyze--six predictions that will later be deemed stupid, ironic or, hopefully, right on target...