Word: throwings
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Against the Spurs, Kobe faced Bruce Bowen, the best on-the-ball defender in the NBA. The Celtics don't have a perimeter stopper quite as good as Bowen, so it's best that they throw different guys at him. Ray Allen, Paul Pierce, and James Posey will likely share the burden of stopping Kobe. "All players thrive off rhythm," says Anthony. "If Kobe spots one guy's weakness, he'll run with that all day. If you mix up your defenders a lot, it might make him think. And if he's not just relying on his instincts...
...Throw the bums out” was the unofficial motto of Cambridge politics this year, which saw a wonkish reformer upend a 70-year-old dynasty on the City Council and a changed School Committee put an end date on the district superintendent’s tenure...
...Harvard granted him a permanent place in the Faculty in December, setting off a flood of celebratory e-mails on House lists and prompting his Teaching Fellows in Government 20 to throw a champagne-soaked party with posters celebrating “Comandante Levitsky...
...essence of McCain's argument tonight, and going forward, is threefold. First, he is trying to throw off the charge made by Obama and Democrats that a vote for McCain is a vote for a third Bush term. "Why does Senator Obama believe it's so important to repeat that idea over and over again?" McCain said. "Because he knows it's very difficult to get Americans to believe something they know is false...[T]he American people didn't get to know me yesterday, as they are getting to know Senator Obama. They know I have a long record...
...Again and again, they grumbled as Clinton appeared to reach a classic throw-in-the-towel moment. She called on her fans to "take a moment tonight to recognize [Obama] and his supporters for all they have accomplished"-uh-oh. But then she pivoted to avoid saying exactly what they had pulled off. Later she said: "In the end, while this primary was long, I am so proud that we stayed the course together," and it sounded like setting up a farewell...