Word: shatters
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...very blow that was apparently designed to shatter Kerrigan's hopes and improve Harding's prospects promises to have the opposite effect both on the ice and off. If Harding skates in Lillehammer, she will face a chilly reception from a panel of judges reluctant to bestow gold on a skater who has cast so dark a shadow over the sport. "Subconsciously they're probably going to mark her down," says Seppo Iso-Ahola, a University of Maryland sports psychologist...
...foreign to me), which is comparatively fortunate anyway. yet in striving to increase understanding of this subject I speak directly from my own life because it is so rare for people to learn much about anyone's personal experience of such illnesses. I hope to use my case to shatter common stereotypes that mental illness must involve overt, observable difficulties with ordinary functioning...
Macik makes his second straight appearance as Rookie of the Week after continuing his assault on opposing defenses against Colgate. He caught eight passes for 153 yards, including a 62-yard TD grab. The nation's leading recevier is on pace to shatter every Penn single-season receiveing record...
Carjackings are not the only car crimes that have exploded over the past few years. What police call smash-and-grabs are also considered easy, risk-free crimes. A swing of a baseball bat probably won't shatter a car window, but the impact of a porcelain spark plug will. "People are shocked, because they don't see a weapon. These guys don't have to use a bat. Some even carry the porcelain piece around in their mouths," says Miami's Sergeant Camil. "There you are, daydreaming about dinner. You're not expecting a brick or a spark plug...
...business alliances in both industries. Cable and telephone companies that once viewed themselves as fierce competitors are starting to eye each other as potential mates. "You can bet every major cable operator is talking to every phone company right now," says a cable-industry insider. Meanwhile, the deal could shatter whatever solidarity still exists among the so-called Baby Bells -- the seven regional phone companies that were created by the breakup of AT&T in 1984. Until now, each has enjoyed a monopoly on local telephone service in its own region; long-distance phone companies had to pay a hefty...