Word: ham
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Make sure you've stretched out before you try to ski. You'll be surprised how many muscles you body has, and how many of them will hurt the day after you ski. Concentrate especially on stretches for the calves, ham string, and groin area. A limber body is much less susceptible to injury...
Nonkosher butchers usually keep a low profile in Israel, supplying meats to Christians and nonobservant Jews. But last week about half a dozen butchers handed out free ham sandwiches in downtown Jerusalem, attracting dozens of amused takers while infuriating others...
...then he wouldn't know. Aside from a brief stint in preschool, Bo, 15, ) has never been in a classroom. While his peers puzzle through the mysteries of a new high school year, he sits at home, quietly exploring the arcana of radio waves. He is a ham-radio fanatic, can take down Morse code at 13 words per minute and is aiming to get his fourth-level ham license. He has taught himself how to use a wood lathe and is rereading Mark Twain. Bo plans to go to college. He will master the artificiality of entrance exams when...
...Thornburgh then ordered an investigation into a damaging leak about an FBI probe of the office of Philadelphia Democratic Congressman William Gray III, which proved to be ham-handed. Deputy Attorney General Ayer resigned when Thornburgh refused to turn the investigation over to the office charged with examining internal wrongdoing. Press secretary David Runkel and Robert Ross Jr., Thornburgh's right-hand man for internal affairs, fumbled on lie-detector tests and were reassigned. Even leak-buster Thornburgh strapped himself to a polygraph to prove he was cleaner than Caesar's wife...
...table at Josef Niehues' house is elegantly laid -- sparkling glass, glistening silver, fine china, all arrayed around a platter filled with white asparagus and ham, a seasonal delicacy. But the seven men, immersed in conversation, pay scant attention to either setting or food. The discussion, about something that happened four decades ago, still rivets their attention: Was one of their teachers then an apologist for Nazism or merely an outspoken nationalist...