Word: helmeted
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...soldiers volunteer that there are no bullets in their M-16s. Three days ago, while traveling by bus to the barracks where the Second Brigade is stationed, a staff sergeant in another company fired a 9-mm pistol round into his helmet, which was on the floor of the bus at the time. No one has an explanation for the incident. But after it, the troops were quickly ordered to turn in all but an emergency supply of ammunition...
...shares his carbine with two others, does not have a uniform or even a helmet to show he is a soldier. As if to compensate, he proudly wears mottled blue-black swirls on his arms and chest -- make-believe tattoos. His commander drew them with charcoal because no one in camp can wield tattoo needles properly. Other kids tease him about trying to act like a grownup and joke that he even has a girlfriend. But Khi Ha Won shakes his head with shy dignity. "Oh, no, impossible." He knows he is too young for that...
Chuck was never really cut out to be a professional hockey player. The day of his first game, when he was five years old and living in Atlanta, his mother sent him off to the rink wearing a football helmet. Cliff was out of town, and she didn't know any better. As Chuck himself jokes, "It was all downhill from there...
Each year 1,000 Americans die as a result of bicycle accidents. In 75% of the deaths, the cause is head trauma. Influenced by those statistics, Maryland's Howard County last week passed a bill requiring all bicyclists to wear helmets or face fines of as much as $100 per violation. The law is expected to inspire similar legislation across the U.S. But bicycle makers fear that helmet laws could hurt business. The Bicycle Manufacturers Association of America contends that the price of helmets -- typically $20 to $80 -- may cut into the sport's appeal by increasing its cost...
...look at anything but the bogey," Dooley's voice crackled in my helmet. "Keep your wings level with his; now come on back on the stick. Keep your eyes on him." I'm looking straight up through the canopy, my head back as far as it will go. It gets heavier as we go over in a roll to intersect the geometry of the other plane's evasive maneuver. The gravity force is building up again, and the plane begins to buffet. I've used up too much energy, and we slide down, missing another chance to line...