Word: pummelling
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Therein lies the reason why I'm not huddling in some miserable little motel near St. Lawrence University as the Larries and their nearby rivals at Clarkson College prepare to pummel the visiting Harvard hockey team tonight and tomorrow night...
...glib, angry men who pummel their wives, a brush with the law sometimes has a sobering effect. A recent Police Foundation working paper concluded: "It is clear that the recidivism measure is lowest when police make arrests." New York's Karla Digirolomo agrees: "In general, arrests work because they give the message to the man that such behavior is inappropriate. They also give the message to the woman that somebody will help...
...cardiopulmonary resuscitation disc, developed by the American Heart Association to instruct trainees in saving cardiac arrest victims, is so interactive that it practically cries "Ouch!" The disc is linked to a mannequin equipped with 14 sensors, and it tells the trainee exactly where to push, pound, pinch or pummel. Instructing the trainee how to compress the victim's chest, the videodisc might say, "Find the notch on the sternum," or perhaps, "A little more gently this time." At the course's conclusion, the system gives a complete exam, grades it, and can certify the student in cardiopulmonary resuscitation...
Both sides continued to pummel each other with air raids, although neither Iran nor Iraq, curiously, attacked each other's vulnerable oil wells. Iraqi warplanes bombed several factories on the edge of Tehran International Airport, a refinery at Tabriz and the oil-loading terminal at Kharg Island. Iran concentrated its bombing raids on the northern Iraqi cities of Kirkuk, Mosul and Baghdad. Tehran claimed it had shot down 57 Iraqi planes, destroyed scores of tanks and armored personnel carriers, as well as six missile boats, a merchant ship and 67 military bases and key industrial sites. Tehran also claimed...
...went down in a fusillade of fire that lasted five minutes. Many of the soldiers in the rear formation joined in. As the shooting stopped, a great shout rose from the watching mob: "Freedom! At last we have our freedom!" Some of the soldiers rushed forward to kick and pummel the corpses...