Word: center
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Ingram, who joined the time Monday after spending the fall season with the field hockey team, skated onto the ice 55 seconds into the game with the second line for a face-off in the UNH zone. Junior center Kiirsten Suurkask won the draw to Ingram, who threw a shot on goal barely one second into her collegiate career. And the puck floated past Roberts untouched...
About six minutes later, a holding penalty against UNH freshman defenseman Randi Hickox gave Harvard its first man-advantage of the game. Sophomore defenseman Angela Ruggiero swung the puck to Hagerman, her blueline partner on the Crimson power-play unit, at center point. Hagerman sent a slapper towards the net and it found its way past Roberts, thanks in part to a deflection in front by Francisco...
Ornish was the guest with whom Gingrich shared the conference room several weeks ago at the slightly right-of-center American Enterprise Institute, where he is a resident scholar. But while he is enamored with Ornish's approach--and devours studies of medical breakthroughs that show, among other things, that rabbits that are regularly stroked have less plaque in their arteries--he puts them in the context of policy. He argues, for example, that the government and private insurers could save untold billions on unnecessary heart surgery. And he doesn't stop there. "General Motors ought to be saying...
...Pokemon trading-card craze is at the center of much of the controversy. Colm McNiallais, 11, of New York City is a good guide to frenzy. Passing kids looking to trade, he says, "We don't want them. They cheat." He gravitates toward others who have brought out binders filled with hundreds of cards. A dangerous thing, he says. Some of the stuff is rare, and who knows what other kids will do to get it. Colm has only the cards he is willing to trade. "Hey, you have a Magnemite!" someone squeals. "Oh, I need that Drowzee," says someone...
...hence the etymology of Pokemon, short for Pocket Monsters). The battles are mediated by the electronics of the Game Boy. But don't worry: Pokemon do not die. When they lose battles, they faint. And if that happens to your Pokemon, you can take it to the local Pokemon Center, a high-tech spa where it can be restored to "fighting...