Word: heels
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...much for the other popular genres, in which good and evil are allowed to mingle. Think of all the seedy detectives and flawed spies. Romances must end happily; the spirited heroine must bring the male of her choice to heel--"civilize" or "tame" him, as romance authors like to put it--before the final clinch and fade-out. Defenders often point out that mysteries must also conclude in a predetermined manner: the crime is solved, the suspect unmasked. But that analogy won't wash, since the identity of the guilty party in mysteries is withheld until the end. Romance heroines...
...defense, which has been lamented as the Achilles' heel of the team all season, was consistent only in its inconsistency throughout the weekend. At times, the defense played superbly in front of Prestifilippo, allowing only 24 shots to reach...
...power play has been our Achilles' heel all season," Mazzoleni said. "We've struggled on the power play. It bit us in the ass tonight...
...power play has been our Achilles' heel," Mazzoleni said. "We struggle on it and it came back to bite us in the ass tonight...
DIED. KARSTEN SOLHEIM, 88, golf-club king who brought heel-toe balance to his popular ping putters and revolutionary perimeter weighting to his irons, which increased the sweet spot and allowed more room for error; in Phoenix, Ariz. An engineer, Solheim played his first golf game at age 42 and began tinkering with club designs to improve his handicap...