Word: tore
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First it was the Jets. Wayne Chrebet, a wide receiver, broke his foot while making a cut upfield during an exhibition game. Then Vinny Testaverde, their quarterback, popped his Achilles tendon pushing off to recover a fumble. Last week the Atlanta Falcons star running back, Jamal Anderson, tore a knee ligament trying to outmaneuver linemen. In each case the only contact the players had was with the artificial turf. Both teams had been playoff hopefuls, the Falcons eyeing a return to the Super Bowl. Now it is doubtful these teams can put together a winning season. At least nine other...
...hurricane, on the other hand, was kind of disappointing. Floyd tore up a few trees, ripped off a few roofs, flooded a lot of East Coast highways. It was blamed for 13 deaths, mostly of the car-plows-into-the-downed-tree variety. People had to be rescued from rooftops and trees, and from waterlogged autos. Loyal owners photogenically carried their dogs to high ground. Trains didn?t run on time. But the forces of nature were nothing compared to the gale force of the media. This was a dress rehearsal for the apocalypse, and the stand...
...commoners--taking tea, giving chat, laying on hands. Mrs. Clinton evokes the starry-eyed hem touching that one associates with royal visits, and once associated with the campaign of another dynastic candidate, also descended upon New York State in pursuit of its Senate seat. In 1964 excited crowds tore at the outstretched arms of Robert Kennedy, often coming away with pieces of royal raiment...
...those who think of the war from time to time--how it tore America apart--remember it with a wincing clarity; Vietnam can be appallingly fresh in the mind. The other day I was shocked to talk to a young man who had no idea what the Tet offensive was. How could he not know?, I wondered, illogically. In those days (Tet was early 1968), we opened the mailbox to get the paper, and the news jumped out like rattlesnakes...
...those horrible incidents that sends chills down the spine. On May 11, 1996, after a cargo fire tore through the passenger cabin of a ValuJet DC-9, the airplane plunged straight down into the Florida Everglades, killing all 110 people aboard. On Tuesday, Florida prosecutors moved to criminalize the conclusions of air safety investigators: Improperly packaged oxygen canisters ignited the fire that caused the crash. State prosecutors charged the maintenance company, SabreTech, with third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter, both felonies, because of what they alleged was the unlawful transportation of hazardous waste. A separate federal indictment charged three...