Word: tricking
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Crimson was led by sophomore foward Courtney Hurley who collected a hat trick. Co-Captain Char Joslin earned a playmaker (three assists) in the game, and also added one goal...
Besides, Harvard's claim is suspect on factual grounds. Harvard only channels alumni contributions into financial aid funds to make it appear that such contributions are needed to support students. This fundraising trick may make the sales pitch more effective, but shouldn't convince anyone that need-blind admissions depends upon every last alumni dollar...
...informal ones, gave 54 interviews and delivered 320 speeches. In pouring an estimated 3 million words of explanation, encouragement and (usually) good humor on the heads of approving Americans, he made no major errors in fact. Or so insist his White House handlers, who conveniently forget a few trick turns like obscuring his secret overtures to China...
...wrong thing to do. It is a mistake for people to overreact. But it is also a mistake to say that asbestos is not a problem." In some situations, he says, simply blocking off an area or coating the damaged material with chemical sealants may do the trick. But asbestos insulation should probably be routinely removed from pipes in hallways, for example, to prevent passing children from dislodging...
...well founded. Troops trained to locate and destroy hostile forces are less effective at the more delicate task of tracking and arresting smugglers, which more often depends on good police work. In 1984 the U.S. Navy set up sea checkpoints off Colombia in an antidrug maneuver dubbed Operation Hat Trick. The operation was cut short, according to a U.S. military officer, because the results did not seem to justify the costs. Nor does the military have much of an interdiction success record: in Viet Nam it was never able to close the primitive Ho Chi Minh Trail; quarantining...