Word: heel
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Divestment] has been [Bok's] Achilles' heel," says Peter H. Wood '64, a member of the Board of Overseers who was elected on a dissident, prodivestment slate. "He's had a certainly admirable presidency. There just is no clear reason why he allowed this particular issue to become so divisive for the Harvard community...
With an estimated value of $1.5 billion annually, marijuana has surpassed tobacco as North Carolina's top cash crop. In an attempt to slow down the harvest, some landowners in the Tar Heel State last week began posting signs with the slogan MARIJUANA WATCH near the remote fields where pot is grown. The idea is to show that the owners are cooperating with lawmen, thereby avoiding possible seizure of their property if marijuana is found...
...really psyched today, because we pulled together and overcame everything against us," Henikoff said. "Drago has been sick, I have back problems, Nikki injured her heel, Jen hurt her leg. Everyone made such a big effort to play, and [today's win] was the result...
Ever notice how some North American baseball fielders seem to have gloves as big as bushel baskets? Not for long. This season major-league baseball plans to enforce an old rule, previously ignored, that bans any glove larger than 12 in. from heel to tip. The clampdown has sent glovemakers hustling to redesign mitts, some of which exceed...
...will bring the owners $1.5 billion over the next four years. In addition, individual teams have cut deals with local cable-TV distributors that are worth tens of millions of dollars annually. How could the owners seriously put all this at risk, simply to bring the players to heel over comparatively paltry sums...