Word: vaulting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Senior co-captain Bryan Henry dusted the 800 meter run with a winning time of 1:53.33, and sophomore Texan Steve Brannon cleared 16'.75" to catapult to first place in the pole vault...
...says William Cheswick, a network-security specialist at AT&T Bell Labs, the average computer on the Internet was singularly vulnerable to attack. Security at most sites, says Cheswick, is so lax that passwords and other protective devices are almost a waste of time. "The Internet is like a vault with a screen door on the back," says Cheswick. "I don't need jackhammers and atom bombs to get in when I can walk in through the door...
...these struggles and others, Kasich can count on Gingrich to be on his side, at least up to a point. When they were still in the minority, Gingrich was a crucial ally in Kasich's bid to vault over more senior Republicans for the top spot on the Budget Committee. Similarly, Gingrich protected Kasich when he voted last summer for Clinton's crime bill--an act of party betrayal that might have cost him his chairmanship. Many are still rankled because Kasich not only supported the bill but lectured fellow Republicans on the virtues of ``coming toward the middle...
QUEZON CITY: Fear and Folly Filipinos are bemused by a series of police blunders that allowed a gang of bandits to escape. Fifteen gunmen drove up to a bank and opened fire with assault rifles, pistols and grenade launchers, killing three guards. The robbers emerged from the vault with $200,000 and greeted arriving police with a fusillade that wounded five people, including a policeman. The police pursued the fleeing robbers, but soon ran out of ammunition. A squad car broke down. Officers mistook a passing van for a getaway car and fired on it; inside was a police colonel...
...beat went on. Junior Darin Shearer finished first in the 500 meters and the 1000 meters, junior Shane Mauricette won the 55 meter hurdles, Bowen added an 800 meter victory and sophomore Steve Brannon topped it all of with a win in the pole vault...