Word: lob
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...rules of engagement are clear-cut on both sides: if there is a target, fire. Thus the battle is largely indirect, as howitzers and mortars lob shells -- mostly inaccurately -- over the ridges. Infantry assaults are rare, mainly because it is so hard for men to move, let alone charge, at such heights and over crevasse-riddled glaciers. At 18,000 ft. and higher, even a fully acclimatized soldier carrying rifle and combat pack can jog only a few yards without losing his breath. "The terrain does not allow much movement," says a Pakistani officer at an outpost on the Baltoro...
Scott M. Sperling heads the University's three member LOB team. Michael Eisenson and Michael G. Thonis are two relatively new additions to Harvard Management brought in to strengthen the University's buyout investments, according to a Wall Street investment banker who has worked with Harvard...
...Nations could play a strictly limited role in launching peace negotiations. All these hints appear designed to achieve two things: pre-empt any peace proposals from the Bush Administration that might entail U.S. pressure on Israel -- though there is no sign that any proposals are being seriously considered -- and lob responsibility for rejecting peace talks back into the Palestinian court...
Brown junior Chad Jendsen opened the scoring against the Crimson (15-5) in the first quarter and sophomore Neil McGaraghan added two power-play goals--the second on a lob pass with three seconds remaining in the first quarter--to put the Bruins...
...Alice, who was trying to overthrow the government of Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni with an odd mixture of Christian theology and African witchcraft. Believers in her Holy Spirit Movement, she told followers, could ward off enemy bullets by coating themselves with the oil of a local tree and could lob stones that would magically explode like grenades in battle...