Word: skirmishers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...skirmish developed after a wild flurry deep in Cornell's zone, which saw several players pile up into the goal. The fists were already loose when the whistle was blown and only after several minutes were the referees able to restore order and assess penalties. The melee resulted in two pairs of incidental minors and a roughing call on freshman Stewart Swenson, a last-minute sub for freshman Ethan Philpott...
Immediately following the skirmish, the freshman forward slammed a dunk with authority, staring a 6-0 Crimson run from which it would never look back...
...music shares an intensity and an intimacy with the listener: it is an acute, astute cauterization of the wounds of the spirit. I'm Alive is a duel between edgy resignation, of loving and hurtful recollection, and a cautionary wisdom that comes fresh from a skirmish on the front lines. You can almost feel the powder burn when in My Problem Is You Browne sings, "I wanted to live in the realm of the senses/ You've got to know how/ And for some kinds of pleasure there are no defenses/ I know that...
...United States is facing an economic border war. It has nothing to do with NAFTA, but its consequences make Ross Perot's giant sucking sound seem like nothing more that a Dust-Buster. Yet the only skirmish to receive national attention was packaged as a battle about benefits for domestic partners...
...university task force on the subject noted, and there was not enough academic substance to justify adding that one. Within days, however, 300 students -- equivalent to a tenth of the school's Chicanos and about 1% of total enrollment -- staged a protest that escalated into a window- breaking skirmish with police. Next came a hunger strike by five students and one faculty member. In June UCLA backed down, creating the Cesar Chavez Center for Interdisciplinary Instruction in Chicana (in deference to women) and Chicano Studies...