Word: corde
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...surprising that nearly 500 N.F.L. players have been injured seriously enough to miss a game so far this season. What's perhaps more surprising is that there aren't more accidents like Dennis Byrd's. In the previous 15 years, only two pro players have suffered permanent spinal-cord injuries. (Diving holds the dubious distinction of being the most backbreaking sport...
...that banned "spearing," in which a player uses his helmet as a battering ram to tackle an opponent. Torg had shown that spearing was a leading cause of neck injuries (indeed, experts are debating whether Byrd accidentally speared his teammate). Since the ban, the number of permanent cervical-cord injuries among high school and college players has plummeted from 34 reported in 1976 to just one last year...
That a corporate giant who has influenced thehighest levels of government for 25 years hastouched a populist cord of individual politicalpower not pawed since the days of Huey Long seemsjust too incredible for many of these folks. Forthe detractors, Perot's decision to drop out andthen enter the race later changed everything...
...resin-like glue at an angle that would cause spin in flight and help maintain a true course. "It is significant that ballistic principles were known and applied," says Notdurfter. The quiver also held an untreated sinew that could be made into a bowstring; a ball of fibrous cord; the thorn of a deer's antler, which could be used to skin an animal; and four antler tips, tied together with grass...
...fanny packs" worn by tourists today. Inside he carried a sharpened piece of bone, probably used to make sewing holes in leather, and a flint-stone drill and blade. A sloeberry, probably his snack food, was found at the site, along with two mushrooms strung on a knotted leather cord. The mushrooms have infection-fighting properties and may have been part of the world's oldest-known first-aid kit. The only decorative item, possibly a talisman, was a small, doughnut-shaped stone disk, with a tassel of string...