Word: deflections
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...team had several other opportunities. They had 11 shots in the first period. In the third, Kellogg saw two shots deflect off the post. "The game was closer than the score indicates," Kellogg said...
...Palestinian self-rule, and begged Kollek to run again. It was a mistake not even Kollek's legendary charm could reverse. Olmert wisely let the mayor's 82 years speak for themselves: he kept silent on how a conservative Likud government would run the city. While Kollek tried to deflect the inevitable snooze jokes and sought unsuccessfully to woo Palestinians in East Jerusalem, who have traditionally boycotted elections and felt ignored by the mayor, the Likud candidate promised ultra-Orthodox Jews more power and money, and won handily with 59% of the vote...
...Lions (Crown; 349 pages; $25), Terry Anderson claims that North used Waite to deflect attention away from secret arms-for-hostages talks between Washington and Tehran. Waite does not say if he knew of such negotiations or later felt deceived. His memorable take on North is that the gung-ho posters in North's office "seemed adolescent...
...stretch during the second overtime, the Terriers blasted three shots in a row at the goalie, but Milhollin used first her feet and then her chest protector to deflect the ball...
What are the Biospherians not talking about? Sex. The crew deflect questions about what went on in their private quarters after dark, although a source close to them confides that there were romances before they went in. The crew often laugh about what outsiders must think of these eight unmarried folks living together under one roof, however large. (In one inside joke, As the World Turns becomes As the Biosphere Recycles.) But it is also apparent that interpersonal relations were tricky enough without unnecessary complications. "I can't say we were all angels in there," confesses co-founder Mark Nelson...