Word: bump
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...Smith says. “We had no one who actually liked the low post [last year]. You can’t pound these kids. Where they’re not finishing yet, they will finish because they’re powerful, they shield better, [and] they like to bump...
...Bulldogs will be little more than a speed bump as Princeton pulls out a 14-point...
...buoyancy, or the density of an object compared to the water or air surrounding it, determines whether or not an object will float, according to the research. When an object does float on water, the water will not remain flat, but will instead form a bump or dimple, depending on the object’s weight. When two identical objects float close together, the change is more noticeable—two cheerios, for example, will cause slight dents in the milk and close together, will appear to “fall into” each other or form clumps...
...thanks to the aggressive hedging strategy he put in place several years ago. The industry overall lost about $4 billion as a result of higher oil prices last year; in contrast, Southwest's hedging reduced its energy costs by $455 million, helping bump its 2004 earnings to $313 million. According to Vaughn Cordle of Airline Forecasts, oil would have to shoot past an average of $65.30 per bbl. this year to affect Southwest's bottom line--not a likely scenario. "You have to have foresight, wisdom and some courage to hedge," says Tammy Romo, Southwest's treasurer...
...under an authoritarian state. Whatever his motives, Chen has given one regime a slap in the face, while presenting the other with a highly visible test of its values, humanity and independence. You can bet the political pragmatists are working overtime in Canberra and Beijing to flatten out this bump in the road...