Word: sore
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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There was no sense of oneness with the crowd. Rather, there was the uncomfortable feeling that while I was supposed to be experiencing a natural euphoria, I was getting only a sore throat...
Ubert, who has been nursing an ankle injury as well as a sore arm, threw 85 pitches and walked two batters through four innings of work. Despite putting men on base in three out of the first four innings, he left without giving...
Charges of clandestine arms sales to Iran have also touched a sore nerve in France, but for a different reason: the French are among the principal arms suppliers for Iraq, and as a by-product of that political tilt, the government has embargoed shipments to Iraq's neighboring enemy. France's largest munitions producer, Luchaire, allegedly secretly sold 450,000 artillery shells to Iran between 1983 and 1985. The deliveries were concealed behind manifests that named Brazil, Thailand and Portugal as destinations. The French government filed fraud charges against Luchaire more than a year ago, but since then little action...
...first attempt at snowboarding can be a humbling experience. Professional skiers and dazzling skateboarders often start at ground zero, and in some cases they stay there. For the novice the only controls are stop (sit down) and go (very fast). "My butt may be sore, but that's the price you pay for a thrill," says Symms. Fortunately, after a harrowing start, most newcomers master the art as quickly as they fall down. "By your third day you can be skiing slopes that beginning skiers wouldn't touch," says David Alden, a former amateur snowboard champion...
Once Dye had the cast thoroughly sore-footed and stinking, Stone began filming, without a break, and continued for nine straight weeks. "They looked mean," Stone says, "and they stayed that way." Roaming the sets, Dye ensured the authenticity of every detail, from Barnes' wicked dagger ("Worn upside-down for quicker killing," Dye explains) to the proper use of white plastic C-ration spoons. No one said "Over and out" on the field radio, and no one wore camouflage fatigues, which came into use after the period depicted by the film...