Word: mulligan
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...once hit a ball into your own hotel room. Did you take a mulligan...
...this week's issue of the journal Nature, Kunkel co-authored with Mallinckrodt Professor of Genetics Richard C. Mulligan an article about his recent experiments...
Many privacy advocates are worried that the ruling could set a bad precedent for all kinds of privacy protections. "The court [in the Denver case] doesn't think privacy alone is enough," notes Deirdre Mulligan, staff counsel at the Center for Democracy and Technology. "They think an invasion of privacy has to lead to something else" before the government can intervene...
...John Henry is too dramatic a metaphor. People rarely die trying to outrun technology. They usually adapt, moving either up the skills-and-income scale or down it. Perhaps a better metaphor is Virginia Lee Burton's classic children's story of Mike Mulligan and his steam shovel, Mary Anne. Outmoded by diesel models, Mary Anne retires in the cellar she has just dug for the new town hall. She becomes the building's heater. And Mike Mulligan finds gainful employment, though not by mastering diesel technology. He works contentedly alongside Mary Anne, as a janitor...
...love to play a round of golf with the Shark, who has won 16 career PGA titles. Before he knew it, his wish became a reality. The anticipation seemed to get the best of the President, as his first shot veered off the course. But Norman offered Clinton a mulligan and proceeded to give the President pointers on how to improve at his favorite pastime. Norman has provided lessons for Clinton off the golf course as well. During the presidential campaign, Clinton repeatedly invoked Norman's name as a lesson against over confidence, reminding his staff that the Shark blew...