Word: deflective
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Sophomore defenseman Peter Capouch dove to deflect the puck, but the ricochet gave Terrier winger John Sabo a second chance to put B.U. on the board. "Presto" made a fantastic save with his right...
...identified the asteroid," Jaroff says, "scientists can predict years, even decades ahead of time whether it will intersect the Earth's orbit at a moment when the Earth is there." And should scientists discover such a scenario looming on the horizon, Jaroff says there are many ways to engage, deflect or destroy the giant rocks, including the controlled use of nuclear bombs, whose blasts could nudge the asteroids off their collision course with Earth. While all this research costs a taxpayers pretty penny, Jaroff points out the money is really pretty insignificant, especially when "the alternative is total annihilation...
...Nothing could deflect her from what she believed to be her sacred mission: to 'chart the graph of the heart' through movement. 'That driving force of God that plunges through me is what I live for,' she wrote, and believed every word...
Such attitudes help deflect the hostility that big mergers often arouse. Rightly or wrongly, many communities fear that big mergers equal big layoffs and a loss of control over the local economy to faraway conglomerateurs. Since little mergers usually aim at faster growth and, eventually, more employment, they are usually seen as a positive force in the economy--and that perception seems correct...
Throughout the night, the Harvard defense implemented the strategies learned by Assistant Coach Ron Rolston at Clarkson. The Crimson smartly positioned itself to deflect passes, block shots, and clear rebounds. Brown rarely had second shots, even if its first shots were extremely dangerous...