Word: odd
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...were offsetting a B.C. power play as the only special teams opportunity of the night. While the first two periods were a defensive struggle— in layman’s terms “boring”— the third period featured many odd-man rushes and break aways which both goalies were able to turn aside...
Wittgenstein and Popper were both from the intellectual hothouse of Vienna, and were pit bulls when it came to public debate. Both were Jewish, and both had their lives knocked off center by World War II. (Wittgenstein's life teems with odd coincidences: he went to high school with Hitler.) Despite their similarities, the two came from opposite ends of the philosophical universe, and the authors use the encounter to dramatize a clash of opposing ideas about the nature and purpose of philosophy itself. They make the meeting of Popper and Wittgenstein seem as fateful as that between iceberg...
...long ago, sperm-bank customers had no such choices, and many preferred to know as little as possible about their "mates." But as the clientele has shifted--fewer married couples, more lesbian couples and single women--the nation's 100-odd sperm banks have changed the way they do business. Many of these women want as much information as possible about their children's provenance, so they can pass it on to them later. "It's become very consumer driven and competitive in the past 10 years particularly, as women have rightfully taken over the position of selecting their donors...
...where moms can list their banks and donor numbers. Another concern is that it is impossible to verify family medical histories on donor profiles. Bank staff members say it would be hard for donors to lie: donors, who can be disqualified just because they strike a staff member as odd, meet frequently with "donor managers" and must update their information regularly. Yet California Cryobank is being sued by a woman whose child has a serious kidney ailment not included on the donor's family medical profile. The donor, says Sims, did not know his family had the disease...
That aggressiveness soon harmed Colgate, though, as a turnover in theHarvard zone quickly created an odd-man rush going the other way. Nowak brought the puck down and made a picture-perfect pass to teammate Dennis