Word: winging
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Arizona Governor Evan Mecham has attained what most politicians only dream of: nationwide name recognition. In his case, it has been a painful accomplishment. Already lampooned as a right-wing ideologue and bigot, the Governor again made headlines last Friday when the Arizona house voted to hold an impeachment trial. That decision came just four days after state officials announced that a recall election would be held this May -- the result of a voter petition. The big question in Arizona these days is whether the former Pontiac dealer will be removed from office by the state senate, ousted...
Women have excelled in a variety of posts, but the highest rungs of leadership have been difficult to reach. In all the services, the way to the top is through command: of an Army battalion, a ship, an air wing. Partly because of the exclusion from so many designated combat posts, women's military careers tend to top out at the middle ranks. Some 18% of female Army officers are second lieutenants, compared with 11% of male officers. But only 1% of female officers are colonels; 5% of male officers hold that rank. "They're not allowed in the jobs...
...want to give it to that right wing and [the shot's] not there," Armstrong said. "It's easier to make that pass [with a righty...
That, however, was more than made up for in the second set. It started with an 11-minute rendition of the protest song "They Dance Alone." Then the band launched into Jimi Hendrix's "Little Wing," a song which got the band a standing ovation on Saturday Night Live. The inevitable Hendrix-style guitar solo chore went to Jeff Campbell, who seemed to handle the duty tastefully, as he played a tribute to Hendrix rather than a carbon copy...
...then suddenly the puck squirted diagonally across the ice from Harvard's defensive right-wing corner down to its offensive left-wing corner. Two Princeton defenders chased the puck...