Word: slappingly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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While there are differences between the men's and women's games--slap shots aren't as hard, and full body checking is not allowed among the women--play is just as intense and often very rough. No body checking usually means a fast-moving game grounded in the essential techniques of passing and stick handling. The hockey of the U.S. women's team is a skill sport. Says Mike Eruzione, captain of the "miracle on ice" 1980 U.S. men's Olympic team: "They have great feet and keep the game very basic. They are really a pleasure to watch...
...trying to enter a whites only school. Does this mean we have made progress against the foe of racism? Not nearly enough, as I see it. Because even though I may not know the smart of the whip any more than a white person, I do know the slap in the face of being reminded that a black person in this country can never just exist as a person: his humanity is always conditioned by race in exactly the same way that the humanity of a slave was denied by race. At least since the age of seven, my experiences...
Your article on moves by Iranian President Mohammed Khatami to improve relations with the U.S. [WORLD, Jan. 19] was typical of the U.S.'s massive superiority complex. The plan by the U.S. to slap sanctions on European companies that trade with Iran is abhorrent. What right has America to intervene in the new liberalization of Middle Eastern trade? Is the U.S. trying to upset the promising progress being made by Khatami? The U.S. has done a lot for nations having difficulty moving into an era of openness and democracy, but it is time for the U.S. to drop...
When I read the essay by Khatami, the first thing I thought of was the slap I received, simply for possessing a copy of TIME, from the special interrogator in a political prison in Tehran. I finally had to escape from my beloved homeland and settle in Europe. Despite Khatami's hints that there should be freedom of thought, if you want to speak about freedom nowadays in Iran, you are accused of being a corrupt person. Khatami's remarks bring hope not only to the people who voted for him but also to Iranians like me who love...
Asano answered McCaffrey three minutes later with another slap shot from the point for her second powerplay goal and the eventual game-winner...