Word: blanked
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...about pet peeves," ran a setup for Kirstie Alley.) The talk on Carson's Tonight show may be programmed and artificial, but at least it gives the illusion of a real conversation. Hall seems tied to preset questions and often appears disconnected and unresponsive. Too many comments elicit a blank "mmm-hmmm," followed by an awkward silence...
Well, that's true. Tim Burke, wearing MacDonald's number 19 jersey, was stuffed by Letourneau on an un-Hobey-like breakaway. Weisbrod, sporting the number 11 worn by The Goal-scorer Ed Krayer, missed a golden opportunity for a two-tally evening on a point-blank rebound. And highly touted freshman Ted Drury swung and missed the puck on his first collegiate shot...
...rent special effects have also turned War of the Worlds -- an update of the H.G. Wells novel and 1953 movie -- into a dreary stalemate. Last season the evil aliens seemed to do little but abduct unsuspecting earthlings and transform them Invasion of the Body Snatchers-style into blank-eyed automatons to do their bidding. A second wave of aliens has arrived this season with a slightly different plan: to abduct unsuspecting earthlings and make clones of them to do their bidding. Just how that is an improvement remains to be seen...
Midway through overtime, Brown forward Patricia Beatini tallied on a point-blank stuff. The Bruins held on for the victory and the championship. The clock struck midnight, and the carriage turned back into a pumpkin...
...Seismic silence is one clue. Soundings taken along the San Andreas over the past 15 years showed that the small earthquakes that are a daily event along other parts of the system were not occurring in the Santa Cruz mountains. Scientists argued over the significance of this blank spot in the data. Then a year ago, activity ominously resumed, and last August brought a damaging earthquake. Such an increase in activity, notes Columbia's Scholz, seems to indicate that stress has built up to the point where a major release is imminent...