Word: uncorkable
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...balanced attack," head coach Jim Floerchinger said. "Anyone can uncork a great game, but you know that you [the team] are doing well when a lot of people score...
...most part, there are reasons to uncork the champagne. Not only has the University exceeded its stated goal by $225 million three months before the capital campaign's scheduled conclusion, but each of Harvard's nine schools has met their individual target. The Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS), which lagged behind for many months, just recently blitzed its way over its goal...
Remember this scene? San Diego, 1996. Bob Dole steps up to the podium for his acceptance speech at the Republican Convention. He looks lean and hungry, the faithful are cheering, so midway through the speech, Dole stares into the cameras and decides to uncork. "To the teachers' unions, I say, when I am President, I will disregard your political power," he bellows. "If education were a war, you would be losing it." Dole says he is not talking "to the teachers, but to the unions," but it doesn't matter. Democrats seize on Dole's screed and cast...
...gulp mark and the next, voila, it's replenished without a bit of interruption to the conversation or jostling of an elbow. The waiters and waitresses at Henri's seem to have mastered the art of gliding amongst the tables, barely noticeable as they whisk away empty plates and uncork the red wine. Wine is another thing Rossetto knows--she recommended an excellent dry white to accompany dinner and the choice was a success...
...Schamus. When Janey joins Elena in her kitchen to help with the dishes, the hostess whispers a steely, "Don't touch them!" It is Elena's amusingly fierce marking of her turf; it is also a socially acceptable way for her to bark at her husband's mistress and uncork her hatred of her life...