Word: scratches
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...training, and finally the American boxer stopping hundreds of punishing sounding blows with his forehead and chin and upper cheekbones. Apparently, Rocky thinks that masochistic training strengthens the bones in the human head to the extent that a steamroller running over the prepared cranium will cause only a slight scratch above the left eye. Warning: readers should not attempt this sort of thing at home, on their spouses, children, pets...
...possibility that Harvard has been siphoning money from the Stillman endowment, Trow said, means that the needs of Black Rock have to be considered from scratch. Trow's committee prepared a 35-page report analyzing the forest's financial needs, and determined that a multi-million-dollar endowment would be necessary to do justice to Ernest Stillman's original wishes...
...Tigers repeatedly tried to scratch and claw their way back into the contest but were victimized by both their own miscues and a swarming Crimson defense. Within one two-minute span, the Princeton offense pulled offsides in three consecutive potential scoring situations...
...landing gates at Denver's bustling Stapleton Airport are a valuable prize for People. Says Ruth Hennefeld, an investment manager at Merrill Lynch: "The deal is a bargain for People. The company bought into the Denver market for far less than it would have cost it to start from scratch." People's once lofty goal of becoming a national airline now seems remarkably down to earth...
...does it? Scratch a little deeper and you'll see, as I did, the odd nature of these kinds of places. Guantanamo, like Hong Kong or West Berlin, serves many purposes for many people. And few people, Castro included, look like they're in any big hurry...