Word: quicked
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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After a first half that Harvard Coach Kathy Delaney Smith termed "atrocious," the hoopsters played 100 percent, using a defensive play called. "One Hundred. "Led by the defensive play of Co-Captain Frenesa Hall, they stole the ball and converted with quick passing and sharp shooting from center Elaine Holpuch and freshman Lori Stewart, who led Harvard with 14 points...
...plan seemed to work, as Harvard jumped out to a quick 2-1 lead After an early Brown goal, Crimson forward Hurley smacked two pucks into the Brown twines to pace Harvard to the one goal advantage...
...December 28, two Miami policemen went to a video arcade in the predominantly Black Overtown neighborhood to conduct a "self-initiated check," Nevell Johnson was playing pinball, and officer Luis Alvarez saw a "suspicious bulge" under Johnson's shirt. According to the official spokesman, "the individual made a quick movement, and the officer's gun discharged." Johnson had been hit in the face at close range, and the 20-year-old died within hours...
WHAT MAKES PEOPLE fire on children and completely unarmed men without provocation? Why don't we hear about Black cops accidentally shooting children who "make a quick movement" or reach into their pockets "suspiciously"? A passage from Ralph Ellison's Invisible Man may be apropos...
...recently divorced, along with homosexuals newly out of the closet, use the ads to find quick action. Senior citizens, the handicapped ("I walk with a cane") and those with concerns ("SWM . . . seeks WF WITHOUT HERPES") can come right to the point without hours of social jousting. Once the natural home of kinks and losers, the classified personals now attract people known to advertisers as "upscale." Even the Village Voice, which handles about 50,000 replies to love personals each year, says its audience is "mid-30s, affluent, with many professionals...