Word: armfuls
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...turned with the old VW bus that served as a combi for several Indian villages in the mountains of Chiapas high above the town of San Cristobal de las Casas. The rough wool of the traditional poncho worn by the old Tzetzil-speaking man beside me scratched my arm as he helped his wife out of the bus with their now-empty egg crates. The driver leaned around to tell me that the next stop was Oventic, the Zapatista camp to which I had been invited to meet the Ejercito Zapatista de Liberacion Nacional (EZLN) Commission...
Gone is the carefree run ’n gun quarterback who risked it all on every play last year. In his place stands a much wiser Fitzpatrick, who uses his legs primarily to free up his arm and while on the run finds his receivers as if both were standing still...
This fall brings books by two authors who lost an arm in gruesome sporting accidents and continue to play the game. For the curious--if not brave--armchair athlete, a reader's guide...
...TALE: Ralston cut off his right arm after it got crushed by a boulder while he was rock climbing in Utah...
...TALE: A tiger shark attacked Hamilton as she surfed in Hawaii last Halloween, chomping off her left arm and taking a bite out of her board...