Word: pulling
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...friends spoke ominously of rumors that China's government was planning a crackdown on stock speculation, including a possible tax on capital gains. Over the past 18 months, Chen's small portfolio had almost doubled in value as the Shanghai market shot straight up. So she decided to pull the plug, suddenly afraid it would all go wrong. "I sold everything just before the holiday," she says, and was blithely unaware that the Shanghai stock index plunged 8.8% on Feb. 27, its biggest one-day drop in a decade...
...said that the definition of domestic violence is gender-neutral, and that the system for addressing domestic violence is heterosexist. Finally, due to an editing error, a quote given by Harvard's Office of Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Director Sarah Rankin was incorrectly attributed to Rogers in a pull-out quotation in the print edition...
...down 11 in the second half.” Twenty minutes into the game, however, it looked as if Goffredo and Darcy’s final memory of Lavietes Pavilion would be the sight of the Tigers once again celebrating on Harvard’s home court. After pulling ahead 6-2 in the early going, Harvard would not hit a field goal for the remainder of the half, a stretch of almost 17 minutes and 14 attempts. Time after time down the court, the Crimson either turned the ball over or had a shot rim out of the hoop...
...Honestly, I am very proud,” Harvard coach Kathy Delaney-Smith said. “It was not our best basketball this weekend, but they found a way to pull through...
...Harvard students not only regularly pull all-nighters for papers or parties, but we also boast aggressively to each other about how little sleep we need. Relative degrees of lack of sleep constitute a main stain of Harvard casual conversation—something we can all “understand.” Peers, professors, and club leaders can sometimes reinforce this culture further by expecting top-notch work, accepting only grave illness as a reason for lateness or inadequate quality...