Word: splits
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...more than 5,000 years, Aleut Indians plied the islands off Alaska in craft made of animal skins and bone. Over time these craft diverged in design from other kayaks. They evolved curiously split bows, sterns that were wide at the top but V-shaped at the bottom, and bone joints that made the vessels 100 times as flexible as modern boats. The Aleuts became shaped to the demands of kayaking vast distances, developing huge upper bodies from relentless paddling and bowed legs that allowed them to sit confined for hours. By the time the Russians arrived in pursuit...
...native of Brockton, Mass., Stevens was drafted by Los Angeles as the 108th pick overall in the 1983 draft out of Boston College. His rights were traded to Pittsburgh for Anders Hakansson on September 9, 1983. He split his first two pro seasons between Pittsburgh and the U.S. Olympic Team and then between the Penguins and their IHL Muskegon farm club...
Nixon is batting .297 with a .371 on-base percentage and 26 RBIs. He has split time in left field with Lonnie Smith, who is batting .280 with a .380 on-base percentage, along with five homers and 36 RBIs. Smith has stolen only six bases...
...remaining investor group is bidding only for a small part of Amoskeag, but the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) may not split up the package, The Globe reported...
Whoever replaces graduated quarterbacks Mike Lenkaitis and Rich Willis, who led the Bruins to its most productive aerial attack in the school's 112 years of football, will be without the services of first-team All-Ivy split end Mike Geroux, who also graduated...