Word: houdini
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Murphy has long sported a bag of tricks to rival Harry Houdini's, and Saturday he engineered a pair of razzle-dazzle plays that materially assisted the Crimson...
...here he was, with his very survival at stake--the thing he cared most about--and he suddenly couldn't find his footing in one failed apology after another. Lawmakers, even those who never much liked Clinton but respected his talent, were spooked by the sight of Houdini drowning in his chains...
Clinton has managed more Houdini-like exploits (and catch-me-if-you-can, truth-defying declarations) than the slickest of pols. A sampling...
...protein stick out of its side, swathed in sugar so our antibodies won't be able to tell it apart from the other proteins in our blood. Not only that, HIV is also able to change shape. Dr. Joseph Sodroski, one of the researchers, branded it "a viral Houdini...
...Harvard Houdini...