Word: catapulted
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...heard right. Reputed "quota queen" Lani Guinier '71 will have yet another audience for her Clintonian tale of woe--the Class of 1994. Guinier is slated as the annual speaker for the pre-Commencement event, yet another example of how rude Presidential treatment can catapult the otherwise obscure to cult stardom. Although most people seem quite pleased with the choice, there is no doubt that a size able minority would prefer another speaker; after all, if getting jilted by Bill Clinton were sufficient qualification for giving the Address, we might as well invite Gennifer Flowers. At least...
...signatures they need, the referendum will be on the ballot in November 2000--when George W.'s name could be there as the Republican choice for President. "What better place than the backyard of the prospective nominee--his brother's state?" asks Connerly. "It's guaranteed to catapult the issue...
...really wish they were. Just as the MSNBC "talking heads" have finally shifted from discussions of sex to the military and Kosovo, the "Flynt Report" will only catapult us into another round of lies and national embarrassment-if its contents can even be believed. Indeed, Flynt's publication is nothing more than a partisan ploy to exact revenge on the right-wingers in Congress that should be ignored by both politicians and sex scandal followers alike...
...past week the possibility has been raised that Hillary will use her status as First Lady to catapult her into the Senate. The New York Democratic Party is actively courting her. They have decided to ignore the fact that she has never actually lived in New York, has no direct familiarity with its needs and has never even formulated an independent political agenda. New Yorkers really liked that vanity Fair photo spread and so polls show that Hillary has the best shot of defeating the likely Republican nominee, Mayor Rudolph Giuliani...
Fellow Huskies freshman forward Ryan Zoller made it all happen, deftly protecting the puck and then flipping it high past junior defenseman Matt Scor- sune for a mini-breakaway that forced juniorgoaltender J.R. Prestifilippo to sprawl to make aspectacular pad save. But Cummings tapped in therebound to catapult the Huskies into the finals...