Word: trappings
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Colonials jumped out to an early 11-2 advantage, using their pressure defense to force Crimson turnovers early on. Alternating between full court pressure and a three-quarter-court trap, George Washington forced four turnovers on Harvard’s first six possessions...
...Initially we didn’t respond very well,” Amaker said. “They definitely are quick; they trap and get up in you and try to turn you over and speed...
...values that are part of our Republican patrimony to the National Front," Besson told RTL radio in defending the debates last month. The sharp-tongued Besson has slapped down his leftist detractors with mockery and insults, and even dismissed the growing criticism from the right as "café clap-trap." In doing so, he has not only shown the same defiant pugnacity that has become his boss's trademark, but has also become Sarkozy's most effective political operative handling an explosive issue. "Once he bolted the Socialist Party, Besson's very political existence depended not only on joining Sarkozy...
...believe that their accomplishments in the real world, along with their personal wealth, can insulate them from the artificial world of media frenzies. By the time they realize they're wrong, they find that, like the golf champ, they're not in a protective bunker but in a sand trap, and digging themselves deeper. (See pictures of Elin and Tiger Woods on Golf.com...
...ones are appearing as well. Fears continue to mount that the loose monetary policies put in place by central banks worldwide are creating potentially destabilizing increases in property and stock prices. "Asset bubbles could be the next fragility as the world recovers, threatening again to destroy livelihoods and trap millions more in poverty," World Bank President Robert Zoellick recently wrote in the Financial Times. Property-market analyst Nicole Wong at brokerage CLSA argues that Hong Kong may inevitably be heading for "another boom and bust" in its real estate sector, due to a combination of tight supply and easy money...