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With time dwindling in the second half, Olken spun around from the left corner and looped a crossing pass into the crease. Weinstock bolted through the middle and kneed the squibbling cross by Wildcats goaltender Molly Krichner into the upper right-hand corner...
...imperious Iraqi President doubled the oil under his control to some 20% of the world's known reserves; only Saudi Arabia, with 25%, has more. He strengthened his claim to the position he has long coveted: overlord of the Arab world. And he made the entire world quake, weak-kneed, at his raw power. Not since the brilliant military leader Nebuchadnezzar ruled the Babylonian Empire more than two millenniums ago had Baghdad exercised such sway...
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...