Word: armes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...first career, start, junior quarterback Jay Snowden had a disappointing day (10 of 24, 68 yards, three interceptions). However, he did showcase his outstanding mobility and superb arm strength. Give this guy a couple of weeks to get comfortable in the staring role, and watch him emerge to put up some good numbers...
...local than national--the taped Sousa marches, the town bigwig at the mike vamping in front of an audience in elephant hats. Then Dole would come out from behind the stage, parting the polyester-blue curtain, and enact the body language of victory--thumb up, quick-flash smile, the arm that doesn't hold the pen punching the air in a go-get-'em arc. The crowd would always stand and applaud. "We love you, Bob!" someone would yell, and the unmuffled sound would echo too well, because the hall was always half empty...
...banter with hard-eyed stares. Not five minutes later, his face fixed in a pained smile, Dole retreated to his motorcade. As he crossed what must have seemed like miles of inner-city street, he saw one smiling dark face--mine, as it turned out--and he threw an arm around my shoulder. "How ya doing?" he enthused. "Fine." I replied. "How are you doing, Senator?" Finally he recognized me again, and his eyes opened wide in the awful realization of a failed rescue attempt...
...CLELAND Democrat--Georgia Cleland, a Vietnam War hero who lost both legs and one arm in combat, won Sam Nunn's seat by 28,000 votes over Guy Millner...
...medical catastrophes that can befall a person, suffering a stroke is one of the most terrifying. Suddenly, your arm goes numb. You can't speak. Half your body becomes useless. Until recently, doctors could do little more than watch as their stroke patients either recovered on their own or became permanently paralyzed. Then researchers determined that a drug called tissue plasminogen activator, or TPA, which has been used for years to treat heart attacks, can also alter the course of a stroke. But many physicians wouldn't try the new treatment because there is also a chance that...