Word: clung
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...Russia's Czar Nicholas I memorably dubbed it the "sick man" of Europe. Last week, the empire's successor, Turkey, reeled in political chaos as its own sick man, Prime Minister Bülent Ecevit - who suffers from a host of ailments linked to a chronic neurological disease - stubbornly clung to power. With Ecevit's three-party coalition teetering on the brink of collapse, his Democratic Left Party (D.S.P.) essentially split in two and parliament in recess, Ecevit, 77, defied a growing chorus of demands that he step down because of his poor health and absence from view...
...squad in the first game of a doubleheader yesterday. Led by a solo homer from washed-up former U.S. Senate softball league star Benedict “Ben” Dobbs and a run-scoring double from team captain Everett “Clarke” Tucker, the IOP clung to a 2-0 lead heading into the final inning...
With death now seeming to me like a certainty, I clung to Stith tighter than ever—less out of a concern for safety than to ensure that if I was going to be thrown from the bike to my grim demise, at least I would have some company. Undoubtedly, Stith and I would have plenty to discuss standing outside of the pearly gates, such as the subtle distinctions between Storrow Drive and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway...
That was as close as Harvard would come, but Primm’s goal made the final minutes infinitely more dramatic and tense as Brown clung to the slimmest of margins...
...because his muscular masculinity was a crucial component of his appeal, Kelly blew away the perfume of sissy-hood that clung to serious dance like a too-tight tutu. His last major choreographic statement was a 1958 "Omnibus" special called "Dancing: A Man?s Game," explicitly aligned dance with sport: Bob Cousy makes a few sassy dribbling moves; Mickey Mantle plays catch with our star. Kelly, the kid who aspired not to dance stardom but to play shortstop for the Pirates (and, considering their record in the 40s, they could have used him) brought out the manly athleticism of entrechats...