Word: flew
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...Pacquiao didn't need prayers. He sprang off the canvas with a playful bounce and waved his opponent forward: bring it on! After that, the fists flew one way. In the third round, Pacquiao landed a concussive left that scrambled Barrera's motor control; the favorite sat down in the ring like a stunned child, feeling a shock that would soon spread to the rest of the boxing world. By the end of the 11th round, a humbled Barrera had been bludgeoned into submission, with Pacquiao landing 150 more power punches than the Mexican. The referee stopped the fight...
...Friday, the Crimson had been without either of its veteran co-captains. That night, however, Lingman flew back, just in time to rejoin his team for Saturday’s match against the Big Red (13-5, 2-1 Ivy). This demonstration of leadership and dedication did, of course, lead to more lineup changes...
...other 9/11 operatives in July 2001. So is AzizI the Madrid mastermind? That's not clear. He was among the six targets who the police failed to nab during the 2001 roll-up of the al-Qaeda cell. According to a Spanish indictment against him last year, Azizi flew to Tehran before the arrests. Investigators lost his trail, even though he came back to Madrid soon after and sold his car. There are unconfirmed reports that he was aided in getting from Tehran to Afghanistan by Abu Mousab al-Zarqawi, the shadowy Jordanian thought to be the operational leader...
...Crimson had lost five talented seniors. But Angela Ruggiero and Lauren McAuliffe were steering the helm and they had a personal stake in returning to the championship game. Last season, the Bulldogs’ game-winner was shot past a sliding Ruggiero and a lunging McAuliffe, the puck flew over the first and past the latter before finding the back of the net on an impossible angle...
When Microsoft's chief executive Steve Ballmer flew to Brussels last week, he was carrying an eleventh-hour offer to settle the European Union's antitrust complaints against the company. But the E.U.'s antitrust czar, Mario Monti, wasn't swayed. Monti will proceed with his plans to punish the software giant for allegedly abusing its monopoly and harming competitors and consumers. Details will be announced this week, but the E.U.'s action promises to be the sharpest regulatory rebuke Microsoft has received, far harsher than the settlement the company made with the U.S. Justice Department and several states...