Word: arms
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...problem confronting Menem. Legions of superstitious Argentines have become convinced he is cursed with a hex. The alleged evidence: several of his Cabinet ministers have died in office, and after Menem shook the hand of a driver before a powerboat race, the driver crashed and lost an arm. The clincher came when Menem showed up on the field with the Argentine soccer team the day before its World Cup match with Cameroon. The heavily favored South American team was then humiliated, 1-0. Menem has heard the talk that he brings bad luck and is said to be worried, since...
...which was drafted by Sen. JesseHelms (R-N.C.) and passed as an amendment to anappropriations bill, has been the target ofmounting protests in recent weeks. Approximately100 groups, including the international arm of theAmerican Red Cross, boycotted the SixthInternational Conference on AIDS, which ended lastSunday in San Francisco...
...argument goes. It does not convince most sandlot swamis, who know that even to hurl a baseball at 70 m.p.h. to 100 m.p.h. is a preposterously unnatural activity. Many a splendid athlete has retired to an early car dealership after suffering a warped rotator cuff in his pitching arm. How could Ryan throw close to 100,000 pitches, most of them fast balls, in 24 pro seasons -- and get better...
...Connor's excommunication bombshell spotlighted his penchant for grabbing controversial headlines and intensified differences among U.S. bishops over how much to arm-twist pro-choice Catholic politicians. Meeting last November, the bishops declared, "No Catholic can responsibly take a 'pro-choice' stand when the 'choice' in question involves the taking of innocent human life." The same meeting elected hard-liner O'Connor chairman of the bishops' pro-life committee...
Armchair psychologists speculate that Silber's ballistic streaks are compensation for being born with a deformed right arm. But his brother Paul says, "The only thing John couldn't do growing up was pick his nose with his right hand. He never knew he was handicapped. He just knew he was different." As a boy in San Antonio, Silber concluded it was best to attack early in a fight, a strategy that has been an article of faith ever since. "He learned that if he had to fight, it was best for him to land the first blow," recalls Paul...