Word: interceptive
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...better on other people than it has worked on him. The whole hero mantle, he claims, makes his skin crawl. That may be carefully calculated modesty, but it may also reflect a nagging problem. "It doesn't take a lot of talent," he says, every chance he gets, "to intercept a surface-to-air missile with your own airplane." And yet that failure as a pilot meant that he joined the truly tiny group of men who returned home from a reviled war and were welcomed with parades and medals and a handshake from the President...
...though--in what is intended to be a pivotal scene, Bendrix rushes out of his house to catch Sarah before she leaves town. But instead of sprinting down the streets in a romantic dash to his beloved, he just trots across a little patch of greenery in time to intercept her. It couldn't be more than 20 yards; Fiennes barely musses his hair. What's romantic about that...
...next play, Georgia overshot his intended receiver, and senior safety Ben Green raced under the ball to intercept it at the 18. Wilford took a knee to end the game--finally...
Harvard also survived a scare late in the fourth quarter when Kacyvenski collided with junior safety Mike Brooks. Both lunged to intercept a wayward long pass from Columbia's Mike Glynn when they slammed into each other. Kacyvenski spent a few tense moments on the ground as the raucous crowd of 7,192 suddenly went silent. Kacyvenski eventually walked off the field without aid, but Brooks required assistance. Kacyvenski returned for the next play and said Brooks will probably avoid contact in practice this week...
...only six tiny and disappointing images shot from 8,700 miles away. But DS1's remote-sensing instruments downloaded streams of data that should reveal much about Braille's composition. Having consumed only 25 lbs. of its original 180 lbs. of xenon fuel, the spacecraft has enough left to intercept and investigate two comets, one burnt out, the other highly active. Appropriately enough, if NASA gives the go-ahead, DS1 would reach those comets in the year...