Word: stoning
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...With her Bride of Frankenstein fright wig and a gutter-mouthed talent for the unprintable expletive, she makes a speech unparalleled in pure offensiveness. The audience is cued to laugh uproariously. But profanity-as-a-punchline went out with The Bad News Bears, and the audience remains untickled and stone-faced, blushing uncomfortably in a suddenly confining theatre seat...
...more and more hockey players may resemble Hell's Angels in the future. "Last year we were the first that I know of to use the [Itech] masks," Stone says. While few teams followed suit at the time, Crimson Coach Bill Cleary predicts "more and more teams will be wearing...
...never seen one break yet," Stone says. "We did have a small problem when we first started using the masks--the part of the mask that anchors it to the helmet was cracking--but within a month they came out with a mask that had a stronger material in that part. The breaks have stopped...
...check the shoulder injury epidemic, the icemen are wearing a new shoulder pad this year--the "Checkmate." Stone calls the pad, "The thing of the future...
Participating in the National Sports Festival didn't hurt, either, since Biotti was able to compete with America's top college players. The Festival could serve as a stepping stone for bigger things--namely, the United States Olympic Team...