Word: bladed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Vastola came through in the clutch, disengaging his blade after Denny attempted to parry his lunge, and touching the Englishman on the shoulder before being mobbed by rejoicing teammates surging off the Crimson bench...
...added worries and psychological strain. They test a player's ability to perform under pressure, the pressure of having to make a team.all athletes know the struggles against being cut. One such athlete is Scott Malkim, an Eliot House sophomore, who has been living on the edge of the blade, avoiding the fall soccer cut by a hair. His thoughts and emotions provide an example of the tension evoked in the battle to make a team. His words speak for many athletes, and his experiences speak for almost...
Last week, on a clear afternoon, disaster occurred. Half a dozen people had already boarded Flight 972 bound for Kennedy, and another dozen were waiting in line as the helicopter's five-blade rotor whirled 17 ft. above their heads. Gradually the big blue-and-white helicopter rolled over on its right side. The rotating blades tilted downward, slicing into three male bystanders and badly injuring a fourth, an Italian visitor, who later died. Some of the blades hit the concrete roof and disintegrated, pieces striking people on the walkway; ten were injured. Part of a blade plummeted...
skying: dropping your hands at the catch so that the oar's blade lofts into the sky. Useful for killing low-flying seagulls...
washing out: lifting water with the blade at the release. (Can be handy if you wish to splash the person next to you in the face...