Word: catapults
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Turkish Prime Minister Suleyman Demirel so far has resisted pressure to intervene, but the mere suggestion of a NATO member becoming embroiled in the conflict helped catapult Karabakh to the top of the agenda at the U.N. and other international forums. The military commander of the Commonwealth of Independent States, Yevgeni Shaposhnikov, warned that armed involvement by foreign nations could transform the Karabakh conflict into World...
This time, however, tri-captain Bailey defeated Power 3-1 to help catapult the Crimson to the national title...
...they seem to have reached their popularity peak, hovering in a musical purgatory, unable to produce a breakthrough to catapult them into the upper stratosphere of the Hit Heavens. Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" demonstrated that it only takes one smash to accomplish this, but among the long and undistinguished song catalog that this middle-aged outfit drags behind them, such a gem is nowhere to be found...
...permit no individuals or group to claim a monopoly on Islam and use it to threaten the country," he said. Those are certain to be heard as fighting words by the F.I.S. As yet, the party's acting leader, Abdelkader Hachani, has steered clear of incendiary rhetoric that might catapult Islamists into the street and give the authorities a pretext to ban the party. Last week, when riot police surrounded the mosque where Hachani was conducting Friday prayers, a traditional forum for political messages, he counseled, "Whatever happens, do not react...
Some athletes use hostile emotions to catapult themselves into fiercer play. Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Dave Stieb is one. "It might allow me to throw my next pitch harder or concentrate harder," he says. Others cultivate anger as part of their game preparation. Sports psychologist Bruce Ogilvie of Los Gatos, Calif., recalls that one great football defensive end, now retired, worked himself up for Sunday competition by starting to fantasize on Thursday that his opponent had raped his wife...