Word: atop
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...captain Matt Stehle said. “It’s just not an option at all.”If the Crimson can beat Dartmouth (2-11, 0-1) for the second time in six days, it will lock in a 2-0 mark and a place atop the league’s standings during its two-week hiatus for exams. With a grueling four-game Ivy road trip awaiting Harvard right after the break, having some momentum to draw upon will be crucial.“It’s really important not to fall in the loss...
During a tour of communities devastated by the rainstorms that hit California last week, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger stood atop a battered levee reinforced by stacks of sandbags and previewed his next crusade. He was preparing to ask the legislature to support a 10-year, $222 billion proposal to fortify eroding flood banks and other decrepit infrastructure. Surveying the swollen canal nearby, Schwarzenegger closed by saying, "I hope we can move forward with [the plan]. It's just the sandbags protecting us from a disaster here...
...said. “We’re not starting particularly well, as we did in the beginning of the season. It’s a lot more fun, a lot easier playing with the lead.”Harvard actually added another point to its lead atop the league standings, but given the fact that the Crimson has played 14 ECAC games—six more contests than five of the next six squads on the list—the picture isn’t quite so bright. Though the Crimson has won big against out-of-conference squads?...
...safe." But she too was worrying--about her husband and two children, whom she had not heard from. With no electricity and the backup generators flooded, the staff got news from the hospital's lone ham radio. At one point, a helicopter rescue was planned, with a pickup point atop Tulane University Hospital, three blocks away. Nurses carrying babies boarded rowboats--respirating the sickest ones by "hand bagging," a method of forcing air into the lungs. But the helicopter was commandeered for another mission, and the nurses returned with their swaddled patients. "The staff was just emotionally drained. They...
These are not the people you expect to come to the rescue. Rock stars are designed to be shiny, shallow creatures, furloughed from reality for all time. Billionaires are even more removed, nestled atop fantastic wealth where they never again have to place their own calls or defrost dinner or fly commercial. So Bono spends several thousand dollars at a restaurant for a nice Pinot Noir, and Bill Gates, the great predator of the Internet age, has a trampoline room in his $100 million house. It makes you think that if these guys can decide to make it their mission...