Word: stopper
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...heart-stopper, the play that made it look as if the hours spent risking hypothermia had been spent in vain, came with 1:30 left in the first overtime...
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...half-game up on the Baltimore Orioles (93-63), who dropped their game with Cleveland, 9-4. But it was the Yankees (96-59) who emerged as the big winners yesterday, sweeping the Blue Jays, 15-0 and 2-0, behind the shutout pitching of Ron Guidry, Ed. "Senor Stopper" Figueroa and Sparky Lyle...
...convincing illusion of action. At his best, he preserves and freshens the essence of an older work. Says he: "That point of contact between past and present is fleeting. Often a 150-year-old opera is like a little flask of perfume. When you pull out the stopper, the risk is that the scent will vanish...
...fake, but as any half serious student of the sport can tell you, it is highly scientific. Many holds, such as Tarzan Tyler's atomic skullcrusher and the Mongolian Stompers' "claw", rely on the findings of the likes of Einstein. Others, such as George The Animal Steel's heart stopper, could not be applied without an intimate knowledge of biology. Although this is a little known fact, many former astronauts--who are among the smartest and most scientific men in America--are now professional wrestlers under assumed names...