Word: tip-off
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...Hypnotize Rodgers into believing Joe Kleine is the answer to his problems: Just picture it. Kleine's name is announced before the tip-off. Parish is stunned. The fans are shocked. Rodgers meditates to Buddhist chants played near the Celtics bench...
...presence of U.S. Rep. Louis Stokes (D-Ohio) at the hearing was a tip-off that Frank was being discussed. U.S. Rep. Chester Atkins (D-Mass.), a member of the ethics committee, with drew from the Frank case because Frank is a fellow Democrat from Massachusetts. Atkins said he could not render an impartial decision on various charges involving Frank's relationship with Stephen Gobie...
Despite occasional gunfire, the truce held last week, allowing a semblance of normality to return to Beirut. Its residents have watched cease-fires come and go, but one promising tip-off suggests this one will last for a while. The price of plate glass for replacing the thousands of windowpanes shattered by gunfire and artillery barrages quadrupled within hours...
...reargument is ordered, the court also could agree to review up to three other abortion disputes pending before the justices. That would be read by some as a tip-off the court was on the verge of a sweeping ruling. The three cases--from Illinois, Ohio and Minnesota--all involve state regulations making abortions harder...
...coach knows, the outcome of a season is often determined before the opening tip-off of the first game. It begins with the high school players recruited by the school. A single talented player can be worth hundreds of thousands of dollars to a college -- and, indirectly, to a coach. The NCAA prohibits recruiters from offering money to prospective players. But many student athletes say recruiters offered them cash, cars and jewelry. For some young players, and especially for their families, the promise of educational help can swing their decision. It is not only the larger schools that have problems...