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...defenseman penetrated to just above the faceoff circle and unleashed a low drive which Mason managed to deflect right. But Yunick, positioned for the rebound behind the Yale defense, dove for the puck and tipped it behind Mason into the net from a seeemingly impossible angle...
...could say nothing and patiently deflect the question with an embarrassed smile. You could be flippant and write it down to "exam jitters" or "bad calls" or simply "confusion...
Phil Falcone's return represented one of the few bright spots for the Crimson Tuesday night. The freshman from Chisholm, Minn. scored once and seemed to deflect in another which was credited to lineman Rick Benson while showing no ill effects from the ankle injury that had sidelined him since early December...
...wary of it. Terms like "democracy" and "pluralism" crop up frequently in Solidarity conversations. At an outdoor rally late last month, one woman demanded full public disclosure of the Katyn Forest massacre, and another asked about rumors that a new mass grave had been found. Walesa tried to deflect these inflammatory questions, but his answer must have troubled the Kremlin even so: "We do have to have a settling of accounts. Right now we have to work on odnowa." Some Solidarity theoreticians, while conceding the party its "leading role," tend to define that role narrowly. Says Jacek Kuron, a dissident...
Nine minutes later, St. Louis crossed a ball in front of the net from the right to Gregg, who could only deflect it off to the side. But Ferrante was there to knock it in, putting the Crimson...