Word: throwing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...ordered choice allows most students to live in a house of their choice, while ensuring that each house will retain some diversity. When 20 field hockey players or computer hackers (or whatever) land in one house, they can greatly throw off that house's balance...
Just what happened to those oh-so-potent Engineers? A seven-goal second period, combined with a two-period total of ten shots on net for the Engineer offense will usually cause an unbalanced reaction. Throw in an inexperienced freshman goal-tender for a game and Coach Dan Fridgen's team is in trouble...
...what about the folks on the receiving end of a mail bomb? "That's a tough one," says Vinton Cerf, an MCI executive who helped design the Internet in the late '60s. "If you knew who was sending you the mail, you could install a filter to throw it away. But trying to discard thousands of messages when you don't know where they're coming from just isn't possible...
Harvard didn't give up and junior Elizabeth Proudfit caught the inbound pass after the free throw looking to score. She drove down the court, pulled up and sunk a jump shot which ended up being the winning basket...
...institution of the referendum's results must be delayed until the courts have the time to formally throw out the challenge. And even after their specious charges have been thrown out, the parties can always appeal...