Word: thrown
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...Washington, where he worked on his father's 1988 presidential campaign and, he has said, "earned his spurs" in the old man's eyes. He helped put together the group that bought the Texas Rangers baseball team and plotted a run for Governor. It was as if someone had thrown a cosmic switch and his future came into focus. "Let's face it, George was not real happy [in Midland]," says oilman Joseph O'Neill, one of his closest friends. "It's the first-son syndrome. You want to live up to the very high expectations set by your father...
This rare instance of Hollywood introspection would be more interesting if it weren't so cynical. A few minutes later, the action has returned to a heart-thumping pace. Cici is stabbed in the back and thrown from the balcony of her sorority house. The rock sound track swells as the camera dwells for a moment on her corpse...
...fans do not identify with their teams in such a way partly because American team sports are more cerebral and require a degree of skill that is beyond the reach of the layman. Baseball, for instance, requires a bundle of disparate skills: hitting a ball thrown at 90 m.p.h., catching a ball flying at the speed of a bullet, and throwing long distances with great accuracy. Football requires a different set of skills for each of its 11 positions. The U.S. spectator thus finds himself viewing two discrete events: what is actually taking place on the playing field...
...been resting his shoulder injury and has not thrown all-out for much of the season, but he will probably be able to put forth his best effort at NCAAs...
Despite the vocal critics of the tenure system, the majority of professors leave with a positive feeling toward Harvard. Senior Faculty members serve as advisers in their job searches, and the associate professors say they feel as if they are choosing to advance their careers, instead of being thrown...