Word: amateurs
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Kennedy family--and for a nation shocked at yet another tragedy striking so star-crossed a clan--determining the causes of the crash is, for now, utterly beside the point. Other amateur pilots may learn from Kennedy's possible mistakes, but that will have to wait. For now, the price of that knowledge seems heartbreakingly high...
...which doesn?t allow them to strike, prompting this maneuver) runs out in December. With the baseball business booming and the pennant chases approaching, the umpires must figure the timing is right. Because there?s only thing that gets more abuse at the ballpark than a professional ump -? an amateur...
...parents' brawl at a "tinymite" football game in Repton, Ala., last October. A T-ball coach in Wagoner, Okla., was sentenced to 12 days in jail for attacking a 15-year-old umpire. California recently passed a law making it a felony to assault a sports official in an amateur contest...
Watkins and other top specialists employ a program of "trunk stabilization" exercises for professional and amateur athletes. The idea is simple: put the spine in a safe, neutral position; then run it through a series of rotational exercises designed to increase overall range of motion and strengthen the supporting muscles of the spine. (A description of these trunk-stabilization exercises can be found at www.spinecenter.org...
...when it comes to politics, the Snake is still a rank amateur. Kosovo is in ruins, his rebel army is edgy about its demilitarization, and political rivals on all sides are waiting for him to slip up. He'll also face political challenges at home--most notably from the elected President of Kosovo, Ibrahim Rugova, and from newspaper publisher Veton Surroi. Still, the U.S. has anointed him, at least temporarily, as its man. On a visit to Pristina last week, State Department spokesman Jamie Rubin took Thaci for a highly public cup of coffee at a well-known downtown cafe...