Word: motionless
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...sophomore midfielder Joe Steffa lay motionless on the grass following a mid-air collision, captain and forward Ryan Kelly blasted in the game-winning goal in the 51st minute as the resilient Harvard men's soccer team beat Yale, 3-2, in a wild affair Saturday at Ohiri Field...
...game took on its most fevered pitch yet, Steffa was knocked down motionless after going up for a header. The crowd and players divided their attention between Steffa and the flow of play. In soccer, play does not stop until the ball is out of bounds, and amidst the distraction Kelly collected a loose ball just outside of the Yale box and released a rocket that beat Moss...
Steffa remained motionless as Kelly's shot found the back of the net, and the celebration that accompanied the winning goal was tempered by the seemingly serious nature of Steffa's injury...
Being trapped in an airplane is a miserable experience. Being trapped in an airplane and knowing that every second you sit motionless on the tarmac represents a missed meeting, a lost client, or a wasted business opportunity is sheer torture. No one knows that sinking feeling better than the millions of American business travelers who take to the air each year, many of whom have spent this summer stuck in airports, guzzling Maalox and waiting out a record number of delays and cancelations...
...Interestingly, the film was done entirely Ken Burns-style, panning over still photos, and you might wonder if it's the best idea for this particular campaign to show its candidate in a form where he remains 100 percent motionless. Still, for all the corny touches - particularly the little faux-handwritten family-scrapbook captions - visually, the device brought a human dimension to the man that DNC-produced film footage never could have. Simply put, it told you somebody cared enough about the man to take a picture of him without being paid...