Word: shuts
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...rebels quickly shut down the airport and overran a government garrison at Samarkhel, south of Jalalabad. But their frontal attacks on the city were repulsed. The fighting now consists mostly of duels between government artillery and rebel rockets that have led only to horrendous civilian casualties...
Yesterday morning, Harvard shut down Slippery Rock's frontcourt offense, but the Crimson couldn't stop the officials from blowing the whistles. Nine ejections were called in the game against Harvard. Slippery Rock scored seven times with the Crimson down a player...
Princeton broke out to a 1-0 lead in the top of the first. Then the game turned into a defensive struggle. Beth Reilly made four straight spectacular catches to rob Princeton of at least two runs, and junior Lee Polikoff and Co-Captain Lora Rowning combined to shut down the Tiger bats...
...which each human, unfortunately, has only a short-term invitation. "Church Going" deals with a man-made structure. A wayward cyclist stops out of curiosity and enters an empty house of worship: "Once I am sure there's nothing going on/ I step inside, letting the door thud shut." That offhand "nothing going on" builds slowly to signify a loss of faith, of ritual and communal practices. There are no tears, but neither is there comfort; we are, for better and worse...
...news for parking-lot jockeys dreaming about taking the new Vette for a joyride is that the car comes equipped with a so-called valet key feature. When the driver switches it on before leaving his prize in an attendant's hands, half the engine's valves shut down. That turns one mean machine into a pussycat...