Word: cog
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Klimkiewicz’s career—in danger of ending, the powerful righty reached base in eight of ten plate appearances, going 6-for-8, getting beaned twice, driving in four runs, scoring five, and hitting a moonshot home run. All year long, Klimkiewicz was the critical cog in the middle of the Crimson order and an imposing presence for opposing hurlers. The masher’s team-leading seven home runs upped his career total to 25, while the intimidation factor earned him a league-leading 26 walks. And after going unrecognized for three seasons...
...used in movies like “Starship Troopers” and “Jurassic Park,” and won him two Academy Awards.Despite the accolades, Knep felt trapped. “I wasn’t satisfied with what I was doing. I was a small cog in this giant machine,” he says of his Hollywood days. So, he quit.Knep decided that if he were going to stick with computers, it would have to be in a radically new way, in order to preserve his own sanity.“I think technology...
...designated hitter, ever having any place in the field, although he was once a gloveman nimble enough to be nicknamed for his favorite brand: Wilson. Old Cincinnati Reds still call him that. Until splintering a leg in the '60s sliding into home, he was slated to be a primary cog in the Big Red Machine but ended up a legendary figure only among the other players...
...legend, and during that championship season he oversaw an offense that averaged 5.62 goals per game, boasted a “line of fire” potent enough to scare the pros, and outscored its opponents by an even average of three goals per contest. Donato was a cog in Bill Cleary’s high-paced, jet-powered offense—but that was back then, and now, the name Ted Donato has taken on a second meaning in Harvard hockey lexicon: that of the winningest rookie coach in Crimson history, with this past season?...
Solley was seen during the post-game celebration with her right arm in a sling, and head coach Katey Stone issued a guarded prognosis for her second-line cog...