Word: punted
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...Hanks, 69 punt return (Aldrich kick...
...approach that an aide described as "demagoguing" the issue, risks having to deal with G.O.P. charges that it is "taking a walk" on both Medicare's survival and balancing the budget. In fact, in his speech to the elderly last week, Clinton made clear he would continue to punt on questions of Medicare and reducing the deficit until Republicans produce their own specific plans...
This is the same concept as a punt in football. There is only one difference: in hockey you are punished for your punt. The puck is brought back to your end of the ice before play can begin again...
Could you imagine if a punt in football was brought back to the punting team's end of the field...
...Crimson defense, while forcing the Eli offense to punt numerous times, could not prevent Yale from scoring when a blocked punt in the first half and an interception in the second twice gave Yale the ball near the Harvard goal-line...