Word: ricochet
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...empty table was placed in front of the window and the drapes were drawn to minimize the ricochet of glass. The hole, which measured about four by five feet, was boarded up with particle board...
...first was a diving block of a shot followed by another dive to save a rebound attempt. The second was a stuff off of a point-blank shot fired by Parish, who shook her head in disbelief as she watched the ball ricochet back onto the playing field. Even Andy Moog would have been impressed...
...years, white males have had elections all to themselves. But the tactics they devised for running against each other can ricochet when their opponent is female or nonwhite. -- The other war -- on the mounting deficit -- resumes in Washington this week. The deficit is likely...
...painful task of rebuilding a nation from the wreckage. -- Nicolae Ceausescu and his wife Elena are summarily executed, and a self-appointed National Salvation Front takes charge of the country. But the shape of the new order is far from clear. -- In Timisoara, cradle of the revolution, people ricochet between agony and elation, fear and hope. -- Panama's strongman has fallen, but Manuel Noriega takes refuge in the papal embassy, sending Washington and the Vatican into diplomatic deadlock. -- As a military operation, the U.S. invasion gets a glowing assessment from the brass and the experts...