Word: nailing
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...bite my nail. I tie my shoe. I make sure old shifty-eyes hasn't taken my wallet. I pull out a strand of my hair and inspect the follicle...
After the '85 Crimson gridders crucified their Worcestor counterparts by scoring 21 points in 41 seconds (after trailing 20-7 with just over three minutes remaining) to nail down a 28-20 triumph, the contest was immediately dubbed "The Miracle at The Cross...
...Administration officials were privately bitter that the U.S. seemed to have caved in to Kremlin bullying. But they were overruled by none other than Ronald Reagan, whose compassion in this instance overpowered his visceral anti-Sovietism. Reagan personally approved the arrangement Thursday afternoon (it took nearly 24 hours to nail down) for the simplest of reasons: he had been touched by the plight of Daniloff, and just wanted to get the reporter sprung. Said the President: "We are so relieved and happy that Mr. Daniloff is out of his 8-by-10-ft. cell, which he was sharing with someone...
...Earle is 31,"the tour bus is home," and making it in country music needs a young man's grit after all. But MCA has given him a seven-album contract, and some material for the new record is getting an airing in concert. Those new songs nail a listener right to the spot. Steve Earle is already fulfilling his promise even before he has stopped being promising. No time to waste...
...American Highway as it crosses Chile, the usual truck traffic was missing, and the few cars on the road had to dodge miguelitos, nail-studded objects intended to puncture tires. In the capital of Santiago and other cities, thousands of workers waited in vain for public buses and taxis that never came. Downtown shops in Santiago were closed, and there was such a dearth of traffic that some of the smog that envelops the city lifted, allowing peaks of the Andes to be seen to the east...