Word: kneeing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Although Team Canada eventually qualified for the world-wide soccer showdown, Catliff suffered a severe injury to his right knee and could not compete for his country...
...Catliff took more than just experience away from his international play--he must wear a two-foot metal and plastic brace to protect his wounded knee...
...seems that Catliff, despite a damaged knee, is still head and shoulders above just about every other college soccer player around. With five goals already, Catliff is a lock to surpass last year's Harvard scoring leader (Lane Kenworthy, who had six) and has a shot at the Crimson single-season record...
Reagan's advisers eventually came to a different conclusion. The Kremlin, they argued, had simply displayed a knee-jerk reaction -- if a spy is caught, take a hostage -- and monumentally miscalculated the degree of public fury that the seizure of Daniloff would provoke. That reading dictated putting off any retaliatory steps until after the Soviets had been given a way to save face. Says one Administration official: "The bear when cornered is ferocious." Yet the bear can also show a more agreeable side: on Saturday the Soviets announced they were allowing five well-known dissidents to emigrate, a positive gesture...
...works since last December, the really convincing facsimile comes replete with photos and graphics in pretty pastel colors. One sure-fire knee-slapper depicts Sigourney Weaver being attacked by a killer sock puppet in a clip from "Aliens." Another guaranteed yuck-getter details the wide variety of things athletes stick up their noses...