Word: clutching
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...into a room to put on a red racing suit, a helmet, some driving gloves and a fake mustache. The mustache was my idea--it seems to be part of the NASCAR uniform. Much of what Andrew said made sense to me until he got to the double-clutch, heel-toe downshifting maneuver, which is the heart of racing technique. It was at this point that I had to raise my hand and inform Andrew that I didn't know how to drive a stick shift. He asked if I was kidding. I said...
...Tverskaya Ulitsa, Moscow's main drag, a clutch of teen smokers were underwhelmed by Gerasimenko's ban--which envisions cutting all smoking scenes from TV and films. "I've been smoking since 10," said Vadim, 15, displaying his yellowed teeth. "They can make all the restrictions in the world, but no one's going to keep Mr. Philip Morris from...
Legend has it that the 8th century Chinese poet Li Po, drunk with wine, tried to embrace the moon reflected in a lake. He drowned in the clutch. He should have continued to embrace tales of flesh and blood instead of the surreal. For it is heroes--through their triumphs and follies--who teach us how to live...
...Ruggiero also has the stickhandling and speed to lead her teammates down the ice for an odd-man rush. Like Botterill, Ruggiero also came through in the clutch...
...Sailing in Vanguard 420s, the A Division team of freshmen Margaret Gill and Lauren Toretta accounted 136 of the Crimson's 234 points, and delivered clutch performances by finishing seventh, sixth and sixth in the last three of the tournament's 15 races...