Word: slotted
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...Britain's youngest Foreign Secretary since Anthony Eden was named to the post in 1935, Owen got the job partly by default: Healey apparently felt that the demanding Exchequer post, during Britain's financial crisis, is a better steppingstone to No. 10 Downing than the old glamour slot at the Foreign Office, which in Britain's present position in the world is simply not as important as it used...
Some of the only exciting drama of the afternoon came in John Havens's 3-1 win over Bob Hanson at the number two slot. Havens won the crowd with his court antics, and then proceeded to demolish Hanson with his powerful game...
...Chris Ford, Ralph Simpson and Eric Money, all of whom have been starters during their careers. The season was still young when Porter and Simpson began muttering "play me or trade me" threats. Porter, who led the N.B.A. in assists two years ago, was unhappy over losing his starting slot to Eric Money. To show his displeasure, he had begun standing off to one side, staring at the rafters and pointedly ignoring Brown during time-outs. On the bench, he also plunked himself down as far away from Brown as possible. Ford, during one nationally televised game, angrily flung...
Playing the forward slot is not the only problem Hooft has had to face this year, though. He and his teammates must play their home games in the IAB, which rivals a medieval cathedral in its game-time sound level and is pretty much reminiscent of the Dark Ages in its construction, too. The arena is nearly four floors up from ground level, seats only 1500, and has bad lighting...
With the game deadlocked at 3-3, Cape Cod unveiled a defensive alignment for the third period--four skaters and a man constantly in the penalty box. The impatient Crimson could not capitalize, settling for ineffective bombs from the blue line instead of rockets from the slot...