Word: brokenly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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AILING. EVEL KNIEVEL, 60, motorcycle daredevil; awaiting a liver transplant owing to the effects of hepatitis C; in Tampa, Fla. Knievel believes he contracted the disease during one of 14 operations to repair the 35 broken bones and other injuries caused by his stunts...
...blame is being sorted out by five separate investigations--the S.L.O.C.'s own; the U.S. Olympic Committee's, chaired by gadfly troubleshooter George Mitchell; the Justice Department's; a U.S. House of Representatives inquiry into whether laws prohibiting the bribing of foreign officials have been broken; and the I.O.C.'s, which could result in the resignation or expulsion of as many as nine of the body's 114 members, plus sanctions for four others. These reports, due to be issued during the next several weeks, will depict a system so systematically corrupt that it might easily have blinded the good...
...machine or library photocopier and getting a pleasing green light, your ID is checked against records, and the time and location of your swipe is recorded. Of course, the records are kept confidential, and unless the Harvard Police or Ad Board has good reason to believe that you've broken a major rule or committed a crime, nobody will ever know that you swiped into someone else's dorm that night you'd rather forget...
Pain is my protection against this place. I like to gouge my wounds with a broken stick that has nice big chunks of sea salt glued to its splintered end. I figure if I can still feel my nerves crying crimson tears, then I'm okay. Once I ran down the sidewalk, tripped three times and was so happy to see rivulets of blood gushing from my mangled knees that I couldn't stop grinning for days...
...temper and scarfed down the cookies. So now, like millions of other Americans, you have made yet another New Year's resolution to drop a few pounds, exercise more, drink less, stop smoking or just plain chill out. It won't be easy. In fact, you may have already broken the resolution you made last week. But if you're willing to try again, here's a list of tips to improve your chances of success...