Word: midgeted
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...over fellow leftist Ollanta Humala, an ally of Venezuelan leader Hugo Chávez; in Lima. By choosing Garcia-whose earlier tenure saw the explosion of guerrilla violence and 7,500% inflation-many Peruvians said they were rejecting the anti-Americanism of Chávez, whom Garcia dubbed a "midget dictator with a big wallet...
...victory over fellow leftist Ollanta Humala, an ally of Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez's; in Lima. By choosing Garcia--whose earlier tenure saw the explosion of guerrilla violence and 7,500% inflation--many Peruvians said they were rejecting the anti-Americanism of Chavez, whom Garcia dubbed a "midget dictator with a big wallet...
...memorizing and equations and all that. But it's really cool. You get to blow stuff up. Last class, we took a Styrofoam cup and put it next to a vacuum cleaner, and it sucked all the air out of it, and it became like a midget Styrofoam cup. We also get to work with dangerous chemicals, so that class is pretty...
...situation is flip-flopped, with Canada now favored for gold. Canada coach Melody Davidson has followed the 2002 U.S.A. strategy. She named 12 Olympic veterans to the 20-woman roster, and they have been together since Aug. 1, including 22 games against Triple-A midget (15- and 16-year-olds) boys teams in Alberta. Canada will rely on special teams and aggressive forechecking to trigger a quick-strike offensive attack. "Hayley Wickenheiser-there are some qualities of hers I don't admire, but the way she drives to the net ... it's like a wave coming at you," says Dreyer...
Veeck's flair and zest almost eclipsed his reputation as a shrewd baseball man who managed to build contenders on low budgets. He predicted that his tombstone would inevitably bear the message HE SENT A MIDGET UP TO BAT. Once he asked that the epitaph be cleaned up a bit to read, more piously, HE HELPED THE LITTLE MAN. --By John...