Word: toeing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...tried to play smart and simple and play them physical," Tomassoni said. "They are a great hockey team and our boys went toe-to-toe with them...
Maybe it's Gore's turn for good news. Of late, it seemed, whenever Clinton tripped, it was Gore who stubbed his toe. To make his bones in the Administration, for example, good-soldier Gore worked too hard at fund raising and ended up taking money from Buddhist monks and babbling about controlling legal authority. But tomcattery is one perceived Clintonian trait that hasn't rubbed off on Gore. "Clinton and Gore are friends, but not that kind of friends," says a senior Gore aide. "They're close colleagues who sometimes see each other away from work, but then usually...
While Leigh has tried to pump up the art in Stojko's martial artistry, it's still the extraordinary jumping that sets Elvis apart. When he attempts his quadruple-toe-loop, triple-toe-loop combination, he revs his speed dramatically, launches, spins four times in the 0.77 of a second that he's airborne, lands on one foot with a force four times his weight, then sucks it up and launches again for the toe loop. In practice he routinely bends his blades, and he recently started skating in a boot sporting an outer layer of ballistic nylon, the stuff...
...topic of sponsorship, it is interesting to note that of the 11 major corporate sponsors for the Games, only one of them--Panasonic--is a Japanese company. Most, like the United Parcel Service (UPS), are American companies looking to gain a stronger toe-hold in Japan through advertising, promotions and free services--along with putting the company name on everything they possibly can. In this time of economic crisis in East Asia, Japan especially needs to save face. Perhaps regaining economic trust is the best way to forget the scandals that have recently plagued the Hashimoto administration...
...feet away, another woman clad from head to toe in black leather sways with eyes half-shut...