Word: spun
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...Harvard up 4-0. Senior center Tara Dunn set up the scoring chance by slipping the puck past the Brown defense towards Catlin streaking down ice. Dreyer raced out of the net and nearly stopped the scoring chance, but Catlin dived and poked the puck past her. Catlin spun into the wall as her shot lit the lamp...
Senior forward Tammy Shewchuk scored the final Harvard goal 34 seconds before game's end. She raced towards the blue line to receive a feed from Ingram, then spun around and walked in on the breakaway to extend the lead...
...Caravan of Death." And, of course, the military is having none of it. They've always relied on the Nuremberg defense - "just following orders." Pinochet had for years maintained that his regime had done nothing to be ashamed of. When the evidence contradicted that, Pinochet's birthday speech was spun by his own family as an acceptance of political responsibility for the actions of the junta. So to hear the general blaming his subordinates for the crimes of which he's been charged won't go down well in the ranks. Indeed, it may sully Pinochet's reputation even among...
...Supply tunes playing in his head. The man loves his reptiles, deeply. Apparently, the feeling is not always mutual. While trying his special brand of crocodile concupiscence last week at Australia Zoo, 60 miles north of Brisbane, a 13-year-old, 176-lb. female saltwater croc named Toolakea spun on Irwin and removed a juicy morsel from his leg. "She did a huge, big, full-bodied shake," says Irwin, "and as she came down, she sensed my skin and just--chomp--sank her teeth into my leg and did a head shake." Multiple stitches later, Irwin gracefully admitted, "The poor...
...Harry Winston; the groom, 32, sported a kilt, as did the couple's four-month-old son ROCCO. Among the 60 or so invitees were some famous people (Gwyneth Paltrow, Sting) and some people famous for knowing famous people (Debi Mazar, Trudie Styler). After dinner, an imported Miami deejay spun records in the castle basement until the early-morning hours. By that point, Madonna had changed into a pantsuit, while the groom remained in his skirt. Just in case you wondered who wears the pants in the family...