Word: spread
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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After the game, Harvard Coach Tim Murphy spread the blame for Wilford's picks, two of which came at the hands of Brown sophomore defensive back Melvin Justice...
...mousy-haired, bespectacled, bumbling, barred-for-life stockbroker had been transformed by the tabloid press into a sort of postmodern James Bond villain--one part Goldfinger, one part Woody Allen. He had eluded authorities for four months while traveling with a retinue of women, as rumors spread of his living large while lying low. Law-enforcement officials at first suspected that he was in Israel, then Brazil, and finally admitted they had no idea where...
...came into being. Ryan Miller (vocals and guitar), Adam Gardner (vocals and guitar) and Brian Rosenworcel (percussion) discovered each other on the Tufts campus and formed the Boston-area band originally known as Gus. They relied--and still rely--on their reps, fans who volunteer to sell albums and spread the word about their band. Eventually, dissatisfied with the common band name "Gus," the unique band made the switch to "Guster," the band who put on one of the best performances, quite frankly, that I've ever been...
Hopefully, President Obasanjo's optimism will spread beyond the geographical boundaries of Nigeria, and the country's lost role as the "Giant of Africa" can be recast as the "Phoenix of Africa...
...Shalal-Esa, the night reporter for the Washington bureau of Reuters news agency, likes working from 6 p.m. to 1 a.m. because it allows her to be a daytime mom to her two children. William Cockshoot, a Chicago commodities trader, finds he is better able to catch a price spread at night that would be snapped up faster by competitors during the day. The corporate investigators who work for International Business Research of Princeton, N.J., a firm that guards against computer hackers, can work at home because their beepers and e-mails alert them when their suspects go online...