Word: fifteen
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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DeNunzio capped off an incredible four years with Harvard, wrestling to a fourth-place finish and becoming only the second Harvard wrestler ever to earn All-American accolades twice. In 1998, DeNunzio placed sixth in the 134-pound weight class to become the first Harvard wrestler in fifteen years to win All-American honors...
...called Purdy's publicist and asked if I could speak to him. Fifteen minutes later, Purdy called. This made me think that earnestness might be a good thing. Then I realized that you have to jump on any media opportunity when you're trying to sell a book called For Common Things: Irony, Trust, and Commitment in America Today...
...Russell somehow extracts the full expressive potential from each bullet. Instead of numbing battle scenes with fifteen million ricocheting bullets, he slows down the path of each shot fired. Instead of "Bang! Bang!" we hear "bang. whoosh. thump. slosh" as the bullet travels through air and into the body of its victim, where Russell, with hyper-colored special effects, intrepidly follows...
...regulation neared, the emotions on both sides began to pick up. Two Hartford players were given yellow cards in a span of fifteen minutes, and even the head coaches began to argue with one another on the sidelines...
Hawking communicates with the aid of a computer and speech synthesizer attached to his wheelchair, which requires that he select words one by one from a list on the computer. According to Hawking, this allows him to speak as fast as fifteen words a minute...