Word: icing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Which leaves Gore supporters wondering if their man can build on his week. Those who doubt his fortitude should hear Seattle mountaineer Jim Frush tell how Gore and his son Albert III, 16. climbed Mount Rainier last August. With ice picks and crampons, ropes and harnesses, they began the final grueling ascent at 2 a.m., in white-out conditions, hail and high winds. They summited six hours later. Gore, who hasn't told that story publicly, has been closing his speeches with a generic bit about standing on the summit--"You can see a long...
Nurse Buss slips down to the cafeteria to haul back a bucket of ice. "My major cure," she notes. "When in doubt, put ice on it." She flushes an amorous couple from the girls' room in the back. "We were just talking," the boy protests. The kids are already lining up outside her office: one girl is there for iron pills to treat her anemia--a poor substitute, notes Buss, for what she really needs, which is a decent diet. Another has a bruised hand from a fight over the weekend; a boy wants Tylenol for a stomachache; she gives...
...long-standing tradition that has been banned this year as part of the campaign against factionalism. Also gone is the ritual of announcing entire team rosters during the pep rally. Administrators don't want to turn an otherwise popular jock into a target of the disaffected. Says Cliff Ice, the new football coach: "We don't want the players to be perceived around the school as something special...
...parents are so concerned that they recently fell on their knees and prayed, "Good Lord, show us something." Their answer came in the mail. The Navy sent a letter saying Bobby had failed his physical; urine tests detected marijuana. Bobby wanted the test kept secret, but Coach Ice found out anyway. Ice tried to talk to him, and Bobby walked out. When he went back to apologize yesterday, the coach shut the door, telling him he knew and reminding him that the team depends on him as a leader. "He's a walking time bomb," says Mark Eason, who runs...
...betting he can impress college recruiters on the football field. A tight end, he prides himself on making the blocks that lead to touchdowns, but Coach Ice wants him to catch the ball. His big hands are made of glass, and he has yet to catch a touchdown pass. But this Friday night, he hopes to get his chance to dance in the end zone...