Word: besting
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This is the best pathway toward reviving trust in Washington while the long, slow process of job recovery sets in. Like TR, Obama need not condemn the self-interested and entrepreneurial spirit of Wall Street. He need only argue the truth: Business is underpinned by certain social norms, which are being undermined. Like TR, Obama should condemn misconduct and not condemn wealth. TR’s theme was that prosperity demands a certain level of trust between Wall Street and Main Street. When the economic elite forget that they are also citizens, the trust between the privately powerful...
...that many of the kids who attend these schools are fiercely intelligent, but the school system is slowly eating them alive, and every adult at the schools we visited, including myself, knew it. I use the expression “eating them alive” because that is the best way I know how to describe the situation. The crushing feeling is analogous to how it must feel for a creature to be eaten alive by a python. What makes the prospect so sickening is that the prey is still alive and conscious as the snake is swallowing them whole...
Those athletes that did take part in the weekend meets certainly seemed prepared, as Harvard racked up three more ECAC qualifications and boasted a personal best...
...That’s just where my training is at right now,” Wilson said. “I like getting out and competing, and that’s when I’m at my best...
...other hand, junior Brian Hill, sophomore John Dingus, and freshman Jeff Homer seem all quite sure of their position after top-five showings on Saturday. Hill posted a lifetime best 1:50.80 in the 800, just .63 seconds behind winner Elkana Kosgei. The second-place finish matched Hill’s effort from a week ago, marking consistently-strong showings in his third year...