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...College men's hockey team knew it was outclassed when it stepped onto the ice at the Bright Hockey Center yesterday. Up against the third-ranked team in the nation and a combination of speed and skill it could not hope to match, the Eagles resorted to the only weapon they had left...
...dictator Ferdinand Marcos fled the Philippines in shame. Only massive vote fraud had saved him from a crushing defeat in an presidential contest against a novice. Corazon Aquino's ability to use yellow as a political weapon without invoking Tony Orlando was her only asset. Nowadays people regard Marcos with amused indifference and remember him primarily for wife Imelda's footwear...
...SOMALI MAN, SAYS U.S. SPECIAL ENVOY ROBERT OAKley, three things are important: "his camel, his wife and his weapon. The right to bear arms is in their soul." That is a stereotyped and simplistic view but with an element of truth. In Somalia's nomadic culture, a weapon has always been essential to defend against unknown enemies in the vast desert. Oakley believes that if American soldiers began confiscating weapons, they would quickly become the enemy...
Nevertheless, players are still using helmets as a weapon. Houston Oiler quarterback Warren Moon was speared by a tackler last month and remains sidelined. In a SPORTS ILLUSTRATED article last week, he charged that "creating turnovers has become so important that players today are being coached to strike with the helmet first" in the hope of jarring the ball loose...
Coach Ronn Tomassoni had criticized his team after the Colgate game for not realizing that its best weapon--speed--is useless without putting in the effort...