Word: skeletonic
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...times I've been in really tough shape at the top of the course," he told 60 Minutes. The statement was typical of Miller's quirky, uncensored self, but it quickly snowballed into a crisis. With controversies about sexual harassment, citizenship and team selection already dogging Olympic athletes in skeleton and figure skating, U.S. Ski and Snowboard Association (USSA) officials hurried to Miller's next race venue in Wengen, Switzerland, reprimand in hand. In apology, Miller said, "The message that came through is not what I'm about in any way in my sporting career." (See 25 winter Olympic athletes...
Perhaps the biggest scandal has thrust the spotlight onto the obscure sport of skeleton, in which "sliders" on sleds speed headfirst down an icy track. Several female athletes have accused U.S. team coach Tim Nardiello of sexual harassment. In a note to the board of the sport's governing body, Felicia Canfield, who did not make the Olympic team, said that Nardiello "tried to kiss me on the lips" and that she "along with a dozen other athletes have heard Tim say over the radio, "The only time I want to see your legs spread like that...
...missed every major opportunity to reclaim prominence in the heated debate over the Iraq War. He only crawled out of his shell within the past month, delivering four major policy addresses prior to his nationally televised speech. By then, however, his credibility had already withered into a diminutive skeleton of what had been a formidable force at the time of his reelection. A leader who starts to fight only when his approval rating flirts with the 40 percent mark is no leader at all. Perhaps President Bush did come out swinging on Sunday night, and perhaps he even landed...
...whole process hinges on institutional memory and forward thinking. New ideas and fresh perspectives flesh out and dress up the structural skeleton we’ve inherited...
...This is a party video, for a party song. Juicy J’s verse at the beginning is probably the reason for the song’s success, and in the video, he sticks to what he is best at; wearing scary green skeleton t-shirts, flashing his vampire teeth, and scaring helpless old people, all while spouting off nonsense like: “Ghetto pimp tight, girl, say I’m the man.” I’m not a girl, and I’m not sure what it means to be ghetto pimp...