Word: wrists
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Martin, from Winnetka, I11.. narrowly missed a second period goal, when, after he intercepted a Brown clearing pass, he banged a wrist shot off the post to McCarthy's stick side...
...solid state semiconductor transistor changed all that. Capable of being powered by tiny batteries and of delivering loudspeaker volume, transistors revolutionized the portable receiver. They were made so small they fit easily into shirt pockets or dangled by a chain from the wrist. Some could be worn like wrist watches...
...brushed a filament of stereo speaker wire or touched the tip of a thorn. The needle was so fine and flexible that if not in the hands of an expert, it would have bent when meeting my skin rather than sticking. The next sets of needles went into my wrist, chest, abdomen and lower neck. I had been a pin cushion for 20 minutes before he at last applied his needles to the area I needed treated...
...have an outrageous number of suicides for a community our size," says Laurie Pfaelzer, 19, of Glencoe, who knew one student who slit his wrist and two who ran their cars into trees. "Growing up here, you're handed everything on a silver platter, but something else is missing. The one thing parents don't give is love, understanding, acceptance of you as a person." Adds Isadora Sherman of Highland Park's Jewish Family and Community Service: "People give their kids a lot materially, but expect a lot in return. No one sees his kids as average...
Although beset by injuries to All-Ivy forward Don Fleming (ankle) and next year's co-captain guard Tom Mannix (wrist) in the first two contests, the Crimson acquitted itself well, losing a couple of tight see-saw battles...