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When three blatant officiating blunders led to losses for the Seattle Seahawks, Buffalo Bills and Pittsburgh Steelers in recent weeks, the whole playoff picture was torn from its frame. The NFL politburo announced that instant replay, in use from 1986 to 1991, may be revived for the playoffs...
...deny Moses entry? In God's own words, "You disobeyed my command about the waters of Meribah." In a close replay of an earlier crisis, the people run out of water and "join against" their now 119-year-old leader. As before, God advises Moses, telling him to gather the people with his staff and "order the rock to yield its water." As he has done previously, Moses strikes the rock with his rod and out flows the water. His sin, as best as anyone can determine, is that he struck rather than spoke...
Robinson was especially upset after referee Stephen Walkom waived off Rob Blake's goal which would have tied the game 3-3 with 2:31 left in the third period. While the Kings' Sandy Moger had his foot in the crease, a replay showed that he was clearly pushed in by Canucks defenseman Murray Baron...
Marino started Miami's comeback, going 5-for-5 in a 69-yard drive and hitting a diving Troy Drayton with a 2-yard touchdown pass on third down. Drayton caught a break from the officials, because a television replay showed he didn't have control of the ball when he landed in the end zone...
Such cycles occur every several decades. Researchers emphasize that both phases, active and quiet, are normal, but that's not very reassuring. Even if the next high-intensity phase of hurricane activity is simply a replay of the last such period, it will wreak far more destruction. Reason: a frenzy of coastal construction has brought huge populations to live at America's beaches and barrier islands--people with no conception of what it's like to sustain a direct hit from a truly powerful hurricane...