Word: teared
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...least the Chicago Bears know what has technically been wrong with Jim McMahon, the most erudite of their four quarterbacks, who has written one book and read several others. He has a slight tear in the rotator cuff of his right shoulder. McMahon said, "I knew something was in there," though two arthroscopic examinations were required to find it. Missing him for six of eleven games, Coach Mike Ditka had frankly grown dubious. "Can you hear that?" whispered the quarterback, jiggling his bad handle. "It sounds like somebody's walking around in wet shoes...
When students rushed the field at the Yale Bowl three years ago following a Harvard victory, they seriously injured one Harvard student in an attempt to tear down the goal post. Having mounted policemen around both goal posts seemed the best way to prevent injuries to fans, Athletic Director John P. Reardon Jr. '60 said yesterday...
...Although the AIDS virus is found in several body fluids, a person acquires the virus during sexual contact with an infected person's blood or semen and possibly vaginal secretions . . . Small (unseen by the naked eye) tears in the surface lining of the vagina or rectum may occur during insertion of the penis, fingers or other objects, thus opening an avenue for entrance of the virus directly into the blood stream; therefore, the AIDS virus can be passed from penis to rectum and vagina and vice versa without a visible tear in the tissue or the presence of blood...
Anti-South African activists around the world were quick to accuse Pretoria. In Johannesburg police fired tear gas into a crowd of 250 students, most of them black, who blamed their government for Machel's death. Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda broke into tears when he heard the news and declared, "I accuse the South Africans openly of involvement until they are proved innocent." In Zimbabwe, thousands of youths stormed through downtown Harare, attacking whites on the streets, smashing windows and besieging South African, Malawian and U.S. offices. The worst damage was at the South African Airways ticket center, whose staff...
Rosenthal would be wrong to complain even if Boggs was merely resting; there is ample precedent for players to protect their titles, even when their teams have not already clinched their divisional title, as the Sox had. But Boggs had a hamstring tear so severe that the Red Sox team physician was able to place his thumb through it. Rosenthal offers nothing to support his silly carping that Boggs' injury was less debilitating than those which sidelined three of his teammates during the same series...