Word: octopus
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...McCarver, calling the game for ABC, used his phenomenal recall of sports trivia--which he usually reserves for such subjects as Shakespeare and root canals--to reveal that the throwing of an octopus is a Detroit tradition. Detroit Red Wings' fans at the Cobo Arena frequently celebrated goals in big games by tossing an octopus...
...couple of dozen people throughout the United States could do it, two in New York, one in Chicago, and one in San Francisco." Dulles felt that "scores rather than hundreds" could handle U.S. intelligence requirements abroad, and, he added, "If this thing gets to be a great big octopus, it should not function well...
...only an octopus or a statistics major--or maybe both in a joint research effort--could calculate the number of saves Harvard netminder Denise Katsias recorded...
...year under normal circumstances to sudden visits if an emergency occurs. A few inspections are unannounced. Certain facilities, like uranium enrichment plants, may be kept under continuous supervision. As the number and sophistication of safeguarded installations have grown, the inspectors' task has been described as "putting gloves on an octopus...