Word: handly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...been to trim the militants' power. In a couple of key showdowns with them, he has won the backing of the Revolutionary Council and has even been named this ruling body's chairman. But it remained uncertain whether he could persuade-or force-the militants to hand over their hostages...
...Force sprayed Agent Orange heavily over Viet Nam to lay bare thousands of acres of jungle in which Viet Cong guerrillas were thought to be hiding. An Army handout for one such mission, Operation Ranch Hand in 1966, assured the troops that "the sprayed chemical is nontoxic to human or animal life." But Agent Orange was contaminated by a byproduct of the manufacturing process, dioxin, which is perhaps the most toxic synthetic chemical known. When a few pounds of it were released into the air by an explosion at an Italian chemical plant in 1976, more than 700 people...
...minute of intense windmilling energy, an event of amazingly compacted skill. Speed skating is a contained, glyptic art, etching heat applied to ice. Kulikov whipped through the first 100 meters .05 seconds faster than Heiden. Then the Soviet slipped for an instant on the first turn, stuck out a hand, regained his balance and held his lead into the backstretch. The two men switched lanes in the backstretch, as prescribed, but Heiden was still behind going into the final turn. He began to accelerate as the most dangerous moment in speed skating approached: going at 30 m.p.h...
Brooks once said his team played "sophisticated pond hockey." Whatever its name, the style of the Americans is oddly schizophrenic. They ride players into the boards and forecheck -an oafish game. On offense, on the other hand, they strive -when they can remember their orders-to practice pinpoint passing. The weakness of this hybrid approach showed up in a big game against the Czechs. With a one-man advantage after a Czech penalty, the Americans got too clever by half: they fecklessly passed the puck back and forth for 1 min. 40 sec., until time ran out. All the while...
...rink and then went into a sit-spin. Randy fell out of it. He got up and brushed off the ice. They skated over to Coach John Nicks, talked anxiously, came back and tried the sit-spin again. This time, Randy stayed up, but he had to put a hand down to keep from tumbling...