Word: shoulder
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...reduced 50% or more, according to British estimates the overall cut in NATO's total force of 2.8 million would be only about 22%. Thus a larger percentage of the remaining forces would be European. That should please congressional critics who have long complained that the allies ought to shoulder more of the burden of defending themselves...
Freshman Adrian Ezra, who later went on to claim the national single's title, demonstrated the fortitude and resolve of the Crimson that day. Plagued by nose and shoulder injuries, Ezra came back from a two-game deficit to provide a big fifth game...
Harvard erased a 21-14 first half deficit as Co-Captain Ralph James, returning from a shoulder injury that had plagued him for most of the season, ignited a run that brought Harvard to within five at halftime...
...they sat on the couch, she found herself falling asleep. "By now, I'm comfortable with him, and I put my head on his shoulder. He's not tried anything all evening, after all." Which is when the rape came. "I woke up to find him on top of me, forcing himself on me. I didn't scream or run. All I could think about was my business contacts and what if they saw me run out of my room screaming rape...
Chun left a note for fellow students: "Although there are many things remaining to be done, if you participate in fighting and shoulder my share of the responsibility, I will close my eyes peacefully." But in spite of his suicidal act, and the five since then, the fighting spirit of the students seems to be flagging. Three weeks after Chun's death, candles still burn at the shrine erected to his memory, but students mill around, sipping sodas and talking about exams. On the steps below the spot where he died, fewer than 40 people turned up last week...