Word: punch
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...Will Travel, and candidly envisioned the original Star Trek series as a "Wagon Train to the stars." In his quintessentially '60s view, the final frontier may have been full of hostile Klingons and dangerous Romulans, but they were generally susceptible to a pep talk -- only occasionally augmented by a punch in the nose -- from Captain Kirk. "Everyone always wants me to do space battles," Roddenberry remarked in 1989. "Well, screw them. That's not what Star Trek is about...
...doubt the President would like Shapiro's ideas, says a Clinton aide, "but he's still suffering a political identity crisis. He chooses, Chinese menu-like, from different, often antithetical plans so he doesn't offend anyone. Doing that with Shapiro's proposals would rob them of their punch...
...have to love the sport, but if you can watch people punch each other's lights out (boxing or assault, I'm not sure what to call it); then give soccer a second chance and try to appreciate the skill involved...
Eales continues to pick apart the Ivy league with his scoring punch, leading the league both in overall scoring with 25 points (11 goals, 3 assists) and Ivy scoring with 12 points (5 goals, 2 assists). Eales also moved into seventh place on Brown's all-time scoring list with 69 points (26 goals, 17 assists...
...them into that perfect state of limp compliance that made geek love possible. A Coke with an aspirin slipped into it, or there was a tasteless, odorless, 180-proof liquor called Everclear that you could buy in North Dakota -- you slipped that into a girl's glass of punch, they said, and 10 minutes later her defenses were down. She stood there in her white taffeta prom gown and white corsage and said, "Why, thank you so much for the wonderful Pepsi, Jimmy -- it tasted so good. And now if you don't mind, I'd like to remove...