Word: shoulder
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Around 3 a.m., students got word that thepolice were massing for attack. Most collected onthe first floor, packed shoulder to shoulder inthe hallways. Then police wearing riot helmetsbegan to batter down the door, removing the chainwith a special...
...confusion, "one woman was thrown fromthe window and landed on her back," James says."All sorts of people were beaten up prettybadly...A lot of people were hit on the head orhit on the shoulder, arms...
During these past two manic-depressing weeks, many have succumbed to the temptation of short fuses, of freely speaking their minds once too often, over-indulging in the shoulder-shrugging "screw it all" motivation to do something they might never have done otherwise. And that's fine. Nihilism and the Last Chance Dance are good up to a point-the occasional bridge needs to go up in flames, if only for form's sake. But we seem to be embracing the opportunities for closure a little too heartily these days. The past is and always will be with you-didn...
...Apaches' mission raises the threshold of danger. They would fly at night with their lights out. They'd skim less than 100 ft. over the mountainous terrain at only slightly more than 100 m.p.h. "There are a lot of individuals out on the battlefield carrying small arms and shoulder-fired weapons," says ex-Apache commander Colonel Mike Hackerson, now at the Pentagon. "It could turn into a bit of a knife fight, but that's part of the business." The grunts who fly the choppers say they're confident in their aircraft and their mission plan. "Some people have...
...Pentagon isn't so sure. The brass are worried that the Serbs have moved hundreds of SA-7 shoulder-fired missiles toward Albania, lurking in the valleys the Apaches would follow into Kosovo, just waiting for the gunships to cross the frontier. "The Apaches are MANPADs magnets," an Army officer says, referring to the acronym for Man-Portable Air Defense System, used for the small-missile launchers. "We keep asking the Army," a Joint Staff officer says, "how many Apaches they think are going to come back." That's why the helicopters--initially heralded as saviors--still sit at their...