Word: wounded
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Above all, there remains the problem of the war's most gaping wound: divided Germany. Just as conscious as ever of their special and not-quite-equal places in postwar Europe, West and East Germans are trying to find a way past their enforced separation that will not arouse the suspicion and hostility of their neighbors. In turn, West Germany's allies privately worry about the slightest symptoms in the public mood that might indicate a willingness to leave the Western alliance in favor of a neutralist reunification...
Before it was over for Hearns, it was almost ended for Hagler. When Referee Richard Steele paused to have the ringside physician re-examine the champion's wound, a bolt of fear struck the Petronelli brothers in Hagler's corner. But the doctor's brisk finding was that Marvin could see all right, and Goody Petronelli felt a strange sensation of calm. He and Pat first encountered Hagler when he walked softly into their gym in Brockton, Mass., as a 16-year-old, a child of Newark who happened to find himself living in Rocky Marciano's home town. They...
...program like that might have saved a lot of trouble for the Darien, Ill., public-school system. Last October an eighth-grader who was allegedly harassing Joey Urban, now 14, wound up rupturing Joey's eardrum with a poke from a lollipop stick. The Urbans are suing, complaining that the attacker received only a three-day suspension. The school district says that the boys were friends and that the injury was an accident that occurred while they were roughhousing...
...Harvard is a busy, tightly-wound research university,” he wrote in an e-mail. “President Summers’ estimate of 80-hour work weeks is probably close to the mark. This can, and does, make Harvard an exhilarating place for students and faculty who are engaged in their academic work and in intellectual issues...
Senior captain Rebecca Russell went to the box for roughing for toppling goalie Ali Boe after the whistle. On the ensuing advantage, Vaillancourt lifted the rebound of a Cahow slapshot over the downed Moffat to extend the lead to 3-1. Cahow wound up with three helpers on the evening and Chu finished with a pair...