Word: necks
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...every team, of course, can be accused of seeking overly aggressive names. The New York University Violets or the Swarthmore Little Quakers do not induce terror. At Transylvania College, the team nickname is not the Neck Biters but the Pioneers. Women's teams are caught between the quaint feminine names of the old days (Colleens, Lassies) and the carnage-producing names of male teams. The defunct Women's Pro Basketball League had the Fillies and the Does, but leaned toward unisex names (Pioneers, Stars, Pride, Diamonds and Hustle). Most colleges, however, simply put the word lady in front...
Within 24 hours of graduating as the top physics concentrator in his Harvard class, Michio Kaku '68 found himself bald and in boot camp, learning how to toss grenades, dodge machine-gun fire, load an M-16 rifle and break a man's neck with his bare hands...
...once observed, he "can be so indescribably simple and touching . . . he is a great magician." Andersen's grandest illusion takes place in The Ugly Duckling (Knopf; $10.95). Illustrator Robert Van Nutt begins by using a primary-school palette. But as the duckling sheds its down and acquires an elegant neck, the dominant hue changes to a formal white, reflecting Andersen's change of mood. The story is sometimes read as a revenge play, but Van Nutt makes it clear that he regards the duckling's progress as a happy tale of growing up, giving the protagonist (and the young reader...
...nuclear might. They will not start a war. They're worried about one thing: if democracy develops here, if we succeed, we will win. For this reason they have begun a campaign against our leadership, using all means, including terror. They write about the apparat that broke Khrushchev's neck, and about the apparat that will now break the neck of the new leadership...
...clear that disease risk due to inhalation of tobacco smoke is not solely limited to the individual who is smoking," said Koop, who recently had a cervical disk removed and wore a massive neck brace as he announced the study. "The right of the smoker to smoke stops at the point where his or her smoking increases the disease risk of those occupying the same environment." While no hard estimate of the number of lung cancers or other diseases caused by involuntary smoking is yet available, the National Academy of Sciences suggests that it may be responsible...