Word: heeling
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...that, aiming to repair the increasing imbalance of rich clubs and poor ones; the potentially self-immolating hard line of the players' union; the idiocy of the playoff system. Best of all, baseball's finest broadcaster may actually have the credibility to bring the ironheaded owners and players to heel. Costas for Commissioner...
...much for the other popular genres, in which good and evil are allowed to mingle. Think of all the seedy detectives and flawed spies. Romances must end happily; the spirited heroine must bring the male of her choice to heel--"civilize" or "tame" him, as romance authors like to put it--before the final clinch and fade-out. Defenders often point out that mysteries must also conclude in a predetermined manner: the crime is solved, the suspect unmasked. But that analogy won't wash, since the identity of the guilty party in mysteries is withheld until the end. Romance heroines...
...defense, which has been lamented as the Achilles' heel of the team all season, was consistent only in its inconsistency throughout the weekend. At times, the defense played superbly in front of Prestifilippo, allowing only 24 shots to reach...
...power play has been our Achilles' heel all season," Mazzoleni said. "We've struggled on the power play. It bit us in the ass tonight...
...power play has been our Achilles' heel," Mazzoleni said. "We struggle on it and it came back to bite us in the ass tonight...