Word: legging
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Townsend, now lieutenant governor of Maryland, says her father was especially proud of his senior year on the football team. Kennedy had broken his leg in a game during the season, but he still wanted to play...
After Commencement, President Neil L. Rudenstine and his wife Angelica will return to East Asia to complete the second leg of their two-part exploration of the region, making stops in Tokyo, Seoul, and Shanghai...
...these films there's usually an adult whose failures of understanding are a big part of the problem. In The Horse Whisperer, that's the damaged girl's mother (Kristin Scott Thomas). She has her virtues, most notably a determination not to let either Grace, who has lost a leg in the accident, or her mount succumb to despair. But she's a driven, unforgiving sort of woman--chic, brittle, chilly, not at all ideal-mom material. To put the point bluntly, we know what she needs, which is a good horse whisping...
...gambling problem. She apparently hadn't yet developed her keen knack for character judgment. Faye lost custody of Michelle in court because she was certifiable now, tagged with crazy papers for life. But you don't put a foot to Billie Faye's neck without her biting your leg, so she grabbed Michelle and ran. The hell with the courts. She ran for Michelle and for herself and for women wronged, and only when Michelle developed gonorrhea did she come out of hiding, certain the courts would believe her now about what a pervert Roger Jones was and what fools...
...said the "tons of injuries" the team suffered this year also "helped us to be a stronger team." In addition to Rifkin's diagnosis, last month All-American Heather Lance '99 suffered a broken leg, Wallison underwent surgery on her hand at the beginning of the season, Ward broke her wrist, and many team members experienced recurring dislocated shoulders and ligament injuries. She added that "all the years of injuries were worth it" when the team won the national championship last weekend...