Word: cornering
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...various staffs -- from the Copy Desk, which had to devise special style rules (Is a common figure skater's jump an a) Axel, b) axel or c) Axle? Answer: Axel), to the Photography Department, where Researcher Dorothy Affa Ames dispatched her forces all over Europe and North America to corner elusive athletes...
...Saturday afternoon there are more pickups than Mercedes in the dirt parking lot at Ranchman's ("Canada's Greatest Honky Tonk!!"). Inside, there are more cowboy hats than cowboys. But there is an aura of at least the '80s Wild Wild West. Tucked in a corner behind the Gunsmoke video game is Punchball, a device resembling a prizefighter's speed bag. For a quarter you can haul off and smash the bag while a meter registers the force of the blow. Splotches of dried blood on the leather indicate that some cowpokes have broken their hands trying to impress that...
...troops and 40,000 civilians -- living in Panama. Although U.S. officials do not see an immediate threat, diplomats and military officers are urging Americans to be careful. "We're heading into a very, very rocky period," says an Administration official. The U.S. has pushed a thuggish ally into a corner, and now it can only wait guardedly for his reaction...
Space Program: In the first half against Yale, Harvard was extremely patient on offense, passing the ball inside and out to find the open shooter. By making the extra pass, the Crimson frequently found Gielen or Neil Phillips open for a corner jumpshot...
Racing with all the fury of an Alberta Clipper breeze, Lind--who hails from Sasketchewan--reached the puck first. Then she dug it out of the corner and waited...