Word: wristed
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Later in the first period, Shayne Kukulowicz scored the first of his two on the night, missing on a wrist shot from 20 feet, but tucking the rebound in off the far post. Kukulowicz' second goal, on a two-on-one breakaway with Phil Falcone at 17:18 of the third period, upped the margin to 5-3 and clinched the victory...
...past. They also agreed to reimburse parties who the SEC claims had been defrauded or misled and relinquished oil and gas royalties that were deemed excessive. The cost will be about $800,000, an amount viewed by some experts on securities investigations as a mere slap on the wrist...
...hand, known in NASAese as an "end effector." Eventually, the spider-web-like wire snare should be able to capture any satellite equipped with appropriately mated hooks. On this voyage, Truly will only guide the 50-ft.-long arm through various manipulations of its "shoulder," "elbow" and "wrist" joints. If the machinery jams when the arm is extended, one of the spacemen will have to climb into a pressure suit and go outside to reel the limb in. If that fails, the arm will have to be jettisoned in space. For unless the shuttle's big, heat-shielded cargo...
...given night through September, Meyreles might grab a woman from the crowd and lead her through dance steps, or pair couples blindly. He regularly enlisted a group of Tim Curryesque wrist-flickers to help him lead into his funky rendition of "Sweet Transvestite" from "The Rocky Horror Picture Show." And a song dedicated one night to his girlfriend might be prefaced the next by "a song for the one I used to love." Meyreles always combined uniques versions of recognizable songs or catchy originals with a fresh brand of unpredictable theatrics. And--just as dependably--he cultivated smiling faces...
...Crimson today recommends a slap on the wrist for the doctors who went to Hussain's aid, and there is virtually no chance that the men will ever face a greater sanction. But it will take more than censure to convince the four doctors and their colleagues that the fraternity of medicine is not inviolate and that the general public will intercede when "medical ethics" fail...