Word: kneed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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From weak-kneed Terrence Ascher, seeking his father's approval, to Rafael Mendoza, who is tired of America's condescending attitude towards his people, to Marine Eric Gustafson, smuggly certain that only U.S. intervention can save the incompetent Contras, Brinkley's characters are intended to reveal the psychological factors behind a government scandal...
...have seriously underestimated the threat posed by the administration's new lottery plan and are pursuing the wrong strategies in fighting it. After all, the recently announced changes call for immediate--and radical--student action, not knock-kneed petitions...
...regardless of what flatters them. "Some women who buy miniskirts surprise me," says Sheila Shahraies, a saleswoman at Ultimode, a pricey leather shop in Los Angeles. "They look terrible, but they want to be in fashion." There may be no quick solution for the thick-thighed, but the weak-kneed are seeking help. This year, in response to the short skirts, cosmetic surgeons report an increased interest in knee jobs, or liposuction operations, averaging $1,500 and up to remove the saggy...
...close-ups of Lynch on the sidelines, helmet off, smiling at the camera. No shots of him giving the V sign after still another long gain. There would be just a quick pan to the number on his back as he lumbered off the field in that tender-kneed way of his, a big, good-looking man, who was virtually undistinguishable under his helmet and football gear. At first, the bar's patrons would cheer just the brief mention of Lynch's name on national TV, but after a few years of such random mentioning by Summerall and Frank Gifford...
...from their past, a dim, half-remembered moment from their athletic youth. They call that moment into focus at the bar, embellishing it. An argument ensues. "In your dreams," someone says. They laugh. The bar door opens. A big, shambling man with a droopy mustache enters with the tender-kneed, left-right stride of a man who's fallen off too many broncos. He is wearing a goose-down vest, a snap-button shirt, jeans and pointy-toed cowboy boots, all of which look out of place in this working man's, New England...