Word: tipoff
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...front of a record crowd of 12,443--some of whom waited outside for nearly 24 hours before tipoff--the Gators (16-4, 7-3 Southeastern Conference) opened up a 14-point lead midway through the second half and withstood a late Kentucky rally...
Legal guidelines for what must be in a prospectus are vague in these areas. That said, most are still jammed with pertinent information. And where disclosure is lacking, there's typically a tipoff that you should check further--on the Internet, in the annual report or with a broker or analyst. In Infinity's case, the prospectus briefly alludes to the risk of losing "on-air personalities" with "significant loyal audiences...
...Nuzi were "throwing the book at a corrupt, a criminally corrupt, mayor" and says the museum was "keenly aware of a certain bitter irony." The article's ending makes the connection between the two scandals explicit: "So what happened to Kushshi-harbe, the alleged philandering leader of Nuzi? No tipoff to Clinton's fate there. The cuneiform tablet with the ruling has never been found...
...commish does have a point. This lovefest wouldn't happen in a men's game. That premeditated pitch to Mantle was hushed up for years, whereas the Sales shot was a surreal, Broadway-like moment. After letting UConn win the tipoff, the opposing Villanova players stood silently on their side as a player ceremoniously dribbled the ball to the basket and handed it to the flat-footed Sales, who finished the stilted pas de deux by banking an ugly one off the backboard; then Villanova evened the game with an uncontested shot of its own. The backstage maneuverings were even...
...With tipoff, however, this matchup quickly turned into domination. Okonkwo had two early personal fouls and never really got back into the game physically, finishing with only six points while Snowden...