Word: errantly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Botterill picked up an errant Niagara pass on the left side of mid-ice and skated towards the net, immediately beating one defender as she moved to the middle of the ice. Seeing Botterill on the break, Francisco skated up the right side to complete the two-on-one, and got the puck as she crossed the blue line...
...Francisco was again at the center of the offense. Although the Crimson was a man down at the time, Francisco picked off another errant pass at the top of Harvard's defensive zone and skated away from Niagara's power play. Although Pinelli charged out from the net trying to cut off the angle, Francisco went to her right and got her second point...
...suddenly talk of evidence seems fusty as Rose, who now claims he never had a gambling problem and who still regularly bets on horse racing, has succeeded in transforming his case into a sentimental cause, tapping into our national willingness to forgive errant public figures. Think of Bill Clinton, Marion Barry and even fellow baseballer Darryl Strawberry, who all admitted fault, showed contrition and were forgiven. The difference is Pete Rose wants back into baseball on his terms. This is one instance where his greatest traits, his drive, hustle and never-say-die determination, may be the very characteristics preventing...
...Puerto Ricans have long objected to the Navy's practice of bombing on Vieques, but the controversy boiled over after a civilian security guard was killed by an errant bomb in April...
...candy-coated chocolate. Even the Y2K problem has morphed from potential cataclysm to commercial punch line: a Nike ad shows a man going for a jog New Year's morning as the lights flicker out around town, money shoots out of ATMs, people panic in the streets, and an errant missile zooms by overhead. On the one hand, the passing of a thousand years is staggering for a mortal of perhaps 80 years' life-span to apprehend; on the other, its commercialization renders it trivial. No wonder some people are stepping back to mark the occasion in a small-scale...