Word: reared
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...suicide. Major General Frank (Buster) Hagenbeck, the force commander, agreed, and the choppers veered away to the north, climbing steeply. They found a place to set down and did a head count. On the damaged Chinook, one man was missing. They counted again. Navy SEAL Neil Roberts, the rear gunner who had been returning fire from the open back hatch, was no longer with his team. Roberts had apparently been jolted out when the chopper banked hard to the north...
...Harried from the rear even as they advance, it's no wonder progress here has been so slow. "We've had to set up additional checkpoints in the past 24 hours to cut supply and escape lines to protect the Americans' backs," an Afghan commander told Time on Friday...
...computer screen, tracking the votes of G.O.P. Congressmen. His Democratic counterpart, California Representative Nancy Pelosi--undertaking her first big assignment as the new minority whip--darted around the chamber, keeping wavering Democrats from changing their mind. As time ran out on the vote, DeLay looked back at the rear door to see if any more stragglers were coming. Finally, he drew a finger across his throat: the signal to end the vote tally. The poison pill failed by a narrow 219-to-209 vote...
...men’s giant slalom, Harvard struggled again, with all five Crimson skiiers who finished the race bringing up the rear of the pack. Captain Kenan Stern, along with seniors Matthew Rosenberg and Matthew Barber and juniors Ryan Myers and Bryan Bellmare, finished in slots No. 50 through...
...less than two minutes earlier, immediately after she had come out of the penalty box. The German squad, all positioned up ice on the power play, left Chu unguarded as she reentered the game. Chu received a cleverly placed U.S. clearing pass on the left boards, skated around the rear of the net and unleashed a backhand shot. Her first try was blocked, but she softly backhanded the rebound just inside the right post for the score...