Word: stabs
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...item on Roberts and Dailey was condescending in the extreme and trivialized the matter of plagiarism. If this had involved two male writers of a male-oriented genre--say the shoot-'em, blow-'em-up, stab-'em-in-the-belly genre (and we all know how classy these books are)--you probably would have treated it seriously. As a novelist who has more than 25 million books in print in various genres, including historical romance, suspense, fantasy and science fiction, I feel qualified to state that those of us who write books for a living take the theft...
Meyer, luckily, is a pro. He has been working with sharks for years, and deftly avoids the open jaws. The last step before releasing the specimen is to tag it, a job Meyer assigns to me. I take a steak knife and stab an inch-long, inch-deep incision into the shark's back--no easy task, considering that its skin is as thick as a watermelon rind and as tough as leather. The shark doesn't even flinch. "That's nothing," Meyer reassures me, "compared with the wounds they inflict on each other during mating." I slip a barb...
With both runners going at contact, Huling made a diving stab in the gap, then threw a strike to second base to double up outfielder Aaron Braunstein, preserving the two-run lead...
Microsoft's initial stab at an online service last fall met with mostly mixed reviews from critics and consumers alike. This year it's back with a smart Web-based service that mixes the highest technology on the Internet with well-thought-out content. The result is a service that, even with a 28.8-kbps modem, looks well worth paying for. This fall the network offers over 20 "shows" that include Michael Kinsley's Slate magazine, an online auto-shopping service and a terrific electronic travel agent. (Microsoft...
Alexander Popov, 25, Russia Returning from a party with friends, the Olympian swimmer got into a late-night street fight in Moscow with watermelon vendors in August, during which he received a serious stab wound. Though thinner, he has recovered from emergency surgery and plans to resume training...