Word: climbing
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...Ship reaches 3,500 m.p.h. (5,633 km/h) during 90-sec. climb up to 80 miles...
...stayed motivated to finish the match.” Looking ahead, Harvard looks to continue their winning ways against considerably tougher opposition this weekend with NYU and Springfield visiting the Malkin Athletic Center. With continued dedication to good form and remaining consistent in their attack, the Crimson hope to climb the standings of the EIVA Hay division. “We know that [NYU and Springfield] are stronger opponents and can hit the ball higher and faster than what we saw today, so we’re going to have to stay focused in practice,” said Fitz...
This Wednesday Nunn and 200 or so Democrats will climb aboard Amtrak's train the Colonial and head for Williamsburg, Va., and a three-day session of the Democratic Leadership Council, a group of moderate young Democrats that he helped found. They might capture the heart of the rehabilitating Democratic Party, and time will soon tell if Sam Nunn can go right on down the line...
...Perhaps most astonishing of all, even Washington is now straining for another chance to coax Pyongyang into voluntary nuclear self-disarmament. Over the past year, the Bush Administration, once the only actor in the cast committed to pressing North Korea into nonproliferation compliance, has performed a dizzying climb-down. Gone are U.S. demands for the complete, verifiable, irreversible dismantlement of the North's nuclear programs. American diplomats no longer even talk of North Korea's highly enriched-uranium program, whose public exposure by State Department officials in 2002 triggered the ongoing proliferation drama. Since North Korean officials now insist they...
...Anyone who thinks rope skipping is child's play hasn?t been to the 3-hour-a-day practices run by coach Ray Frederick, Jr., of the Bouncing Bulldogs in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. In a typical session, team members climb 2000 to 3000 football stadium steps and do 500 one-footed jumping jacks. That hard work has paid off. "We've won the national championship three years in a row now, and that's never happened before," says Frederick, whose team currently consists of 95 boys and girls, ranging from ages...