Word: short
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...have a Class 2 license, which makes me legally qualified to pilot anything over 15,000 pounds, regardless of whether I have ever had training or not. I've racked up three kills in just a few short weeks, along with 14 hospitalizations, two of which are in intensive care. I've discovered that a Shuttle can get up to 57 m.p.h on the curve which goes beneath the underpass before it starts to flip over. I've caused approximately $27,500 worth of damage, all of which is paid for by Harvard, since the University cannot afford to fire...
...Monday's Boston Globe, Dupont suggested that the "miracle" in Lake Placid would remain some kind of mystic beacon for succeeding U.S. Olympic Teams to fall short of. Dupont and others have hinted that it would be better if pros were brought in. Forget the upstart collegians. Bring in the guys who make a living playing hockey. Let them take on the Russians. Let them kick some...
...worked during off-duty hours, with his commander's permission, as a female impersonator. In his job rating, he was regularly praised for spit-shined professionalism. Although previous investigations had upheld Watkins' right to stay in the Army, regulations were tightened in 1981. Since Watkins' 1984 discharge three years short of retirement, he has had trouble finding work and has filed for bankruptcy...
...momentary thaw (one of Calgary's snow-eating chinooks) melted the town three days before fledgling Figure Skater Robyn Perry got up on her toes to reach the Olympic cauldron. Two years short of the competitors' minimum age, the local whiz kid represented youth's considerable promise; also, bravery. A week earlier, before the thermometer shot from 11 degrees below to 45 degrees and back to 21 degrees again, the Olympic torch blew up spectacularly. Engineers called it a "minor malfunction," but Perry may have wished for a longer handle...
Melting in a warmth toastier than a chinook was a child-labor flap ignited by cross parents of the gala's youngest stars. In rehearsal, the youngsters worked up to twelve-hour days on short rations (sometimes just hot chocolate, a ham sandwich and a butter tart), although David Roberts, 12, reacted cheerfully: "Practice makes perfect. What I'll remember is the glory...