Word: missed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Knights will miss some key players this weekend, but the team will still have scoring punch in Captain Maureen Travers, who is an offensive threat. Senior Karen Fortoul will be a factor on defense along with goalie Jeanette Mardella. Sharpshooter Linda Mancuso, a driver, is among the team's top scorers...
Tragedies have certainly occurred. Among the most notorious have been cases of women who, despite negative Pap smears, turned out to have cervical cancer. ( Some have died; others have been forced to have hysterectomies. Had the disease been caught early, minor surgery could have sufficed. Pap smears miss between 20% and 40% of cancerous and precancerous specimens. Most often, the blame is laid on harried technicians who, paid according to the number of samples they process, may scan more than 100 slides a day with few breaks in so-called Pap-mill laboratories...
...players don't much visit rest rooms or the concession stands. They might miss a number. They seldom buy the chicken, only the fries. The chicken is too messy and requires too much concentration to eat. The fries are easier. The players can pick at them without looking up from their numbers...
...familiar Academy-epic goods. It rips turbulent drama from the back pages of a high school history book. It serves up an opulent visual sensibility amid exotic locales. And it concludes with a humanism that affirms both continuity and change for the family of man. Can't-miss stuff. Lawrence of Arabia with a Manchurian accent...
...disappointed to miss that race against Washington," stroke John Amory said, "since I'm a Seattle native. It also cast a shadow over the tournament for me because we didn't have to deal with the same level of fatigue as the other crews...