Word: approaches
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Hence, the familiar boathouse idiom that "ergs don't float," emphasizing that brute power on the rowing machine does not necessarily translate into wins in he water. Butt often preaches the "nine on one" approach to racing. The crew and coxswain must function as one unified force, and view the opponent as nine independent rowers, any one of whom is vulnerable to "cracking" or having lapses in concentration...
...Crimson looks forward to this weekend's competition and to the remainder of the race season, the continue their methodical approach to the sport--rowing with urgency and with consistent practice intensity. coach Butt reminds them that their strength comes from intellectualizing the race...
...city's most famous Roman monument, the so-called Maison Carree--a Corinthian temple dedicated to Augustus' sons in the year A.D. 4. It was Thomas Jefferson's favorite classical building--in fact, Jefferson based his whole conception of Neo-Classical architecture on it--and one obviously had to approach such a historical object with caution. Would the solution be a pastiche historical arts center? Foster was sure not. "I went there incognito before the commission was announced," he recalls. "I walked the site for hours. The challenge was to do a contemporary building that could face the Roman temple...
...testament to the value of not living one's life with emotional thriftiness. The final scene in the book has Jane purposely withholding interest in a man she likes because the authors of The Rules are communicating with her telepathically and admonishing her to remain aloof. The approach, of course, quickly backfires...
PRIMING THE PUMP Rushing to shock a cardiac-arrest patient with a defibrillator may make great TV, but a preliminary study suggests it may not always be the best approach. If the medics are delayed, 90 seconds of CPR administered prior to defibrillation seems to increase chances of survival 25%. CPR may help by clearing away toxins released by damaged heart cells...