Word: smothering
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...going to be a battle of the quarterbacks. The smug traditions of Yale tailgaters will smother the Yale quarterback, and Harvard's clear and precise thinking will dissect the Yale defense," Sen. Timothy Wirth '61 (D-Colo.) says. "It seems to me the score will...
...generosity. "I see more than the bright windows of my new home," Aksyonov concludes. "I see its mildewed corners as well. I trust that if I point them out my new country won't throw me out." Not to worry. America tends to welcome its satirists, even smother them with ^ affection. In fact, the danger for Aksyonov is that, like sharp-minded emigres before him, he will become so fond of the place that his criticism will lose its bite...
...million tires, 40% of Jamison's inventory, blazed over 20 acres, forcing the temporary evacuation of about 25 families. As scores of fire fighters worked the hoses, a U.S. Forest Service plane dumped fire retardant, and a neighboring turkey farmer supplied 45,000 cu. yds. of dirt to smother the smoldering remains. "We worried, reading about some of the other tire fires," said Faye Jamison, wife of the junkyard's owner. "But we never dreamed it would happen here...
...basing their bottom-line position on fears of a system that, he believes, could not exist within the next decade. "The Soviets are afraid of SDI because they agree with us that if the ABM treaty is abrogated, each side will have to multiply its offensive weapons to smother the other side's defensive systems. We must admit that we too would be uncomfortable about spaceships firing lasers, and particle beams circling over our heads. Still, the Russians should have gambled that SDI is just a theory, and if it does become a reality, they could then take...
Grabbing a pass from Singh, Nicholas sent a chest-high bullet at the charging Duback, who dove in an effort to smother the shot with his body. When the ball squeaked away, Nicholas hopped past the prone netminder and dribbled through the box to tally the eventual game-winner...