Word: tractioneer
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...women's squash team had to contend with some serious traction problems at Yale yesterday, but the racquetwomen still came up with a 5-2 victory over the powerhouse Elis...
...traction problems came off the court--when the whole squad had to pitch in to shove the team van off an ice patch--but the truly stellar performance of the day came on the court, where the Crimson handled the Elis, considered one of the best teams in the nation, on their home court...
After choosing a width for your skis, the second and a more difficult decision lies in choosing between three alternative ski bottoms. The first option is a pair of inlaid Mohair strips which allow you to glide forwards but provide traction when you push off on one ski to slide forward on the other. This is the first commercial waxless ski and is America's improvement on tying seal skins to the bottom of each...
Honed over more than a decade of public life, the Reagan speech is no Gettysburg Address, but it lights up the audience. Sample warm-up joke: A man in traction in a hospital pays no attention to the visitor bending anxiously over him. Finally, the patient opens his eyes and explains in a discreet Irish brogue that he kept silent because he wanted to savor the moment: "It's been six months here since I've had a drink, and your breath is like the rain from heaven...
...seek in other ways to get across the message that motorists still need snow tires to get around in the heaviest snows and on ice. Goodyear, for example, is passing around to editors a release, written like a news story that gingerly notes "there is no mention of ice traction in the GM declaration." Also, the release politely points out that-according to a survey by the Tire Industry Safety Council-mail carriers and highway patrols in many states are still equipping their vehicles with winter tires, no matter what they use before and after the winter...