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Word: armes (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...need to be alert to the possibility that nerves or the blood supply in the affected limb may have been cut off, requiring you to pull gently and straighten it out before splinting to restore circulation and sensation. Otherwise, the accident victim could permanently lose use of that arm or leg. As a rule, if you're not seriously injured and you know your way back and can move under your own power, it's better to hike out than wait for rescue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Wilderness 911? | 10/18/1999 | See Source »

...begins my education by showing me dry-fly casting on a path above the river. Move the arm, not the wrist; keep the arc of the cast between 2 and 10 o'clock. But today the fish we are going for, whitefish and cutthroats, are loitering on the bottom. So we will wet cast and roll cast instead, with little weights on the line and flies that look like nymphs. Roll casting requires less arm movement. You swing out the line upriver and let it drift down in a natural motion. I find I'm not half bad at this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: YVON CHOUINARD: Reaching the Top by Doing the Right Thing | 10/18/1999 | See Source »

...arm for war, and hope, without delay...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: A PfoHo Ode | 10/15/1999 | See Source »

...While protecting the ball, use your free arm to keep the opposing team at bay. Face the palm outwards as if to thank them for deferring to your path. Keeping the elbow locked and signalling in this manner works for all but emergency vehicles...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Drinky Drink | 10/14/1999 | See Source »

...Littleton shooting should be seen for what it has become; one great big shot in the arm for the Christian right. While the country has been drooling over our recent prosperity, the Christian right has quietly been infiltrating the school boards of the country and pushing a pro-Christian, pro-prayer, anti-evolution platform...

Author: By Meredith B. Osborn, | Title: Learning the Wrong Lesson | 10/14/1999 | See Source »

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