Word: helmets
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...happened on a play that we ran, an option flanker," Giardi said. "I kept the ball and I hopped over a defensive end or a defensive back, and when I did, I think I lowered my shoulder and either a linebacker or a safety came in and put his helmet right into my shoulder...
...difficult to stop. Most accidents involve first timers who have had little or no instruction. And though there is good protective gear available, a majority of bladers prefer to breeze along unpadded. The most feared injuries are to the head, yet few bladers will deign to don helmets. "They're hot inside and mess up your hair," says Neil Feineman, author of a how-to book for skaters entitled Wheel Excitement. Although he always wears a helmet in street traffic, Feineman adds, "They're hard on the Walkmans...
Daniel Eaton, 7, of Whitman, attended the rally with his parents, wearing combat gear and a helmet. Eaton was reticent about expressing his views regarding U.S. foreign policy, but when asked whether he believed he should support our troops, he replied...
...House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing, Representative Gerry Studds asked Baker if he could offer assurances that the U.S. would not attack Saddam Hussein's forces without consulting Congress. "No," said Baker. Studds then observed that if he were a soldier, "I think I would put my helmet on." Baker replied, with a smile, "I think their helmets...
...legions. The Senate dithers; Gaius Marius, a wealthy military man of low birth, has the energy but not the bloodline to save the situation. The author is interested in everything: how the city's sewers worked, how marriages were arranged, and how the horsehair plumes in a soldier's helmet could be detached for storage. She has drawn maps and even portraits of her characters, and supplied an encyclopedic glossary. The result, though dangerously overweight, is airport fiction at its best...