Word: clue
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Those waiting for an answer were provided with a clue during Dawson’s second go-around with the Crusaders in 2004’s opener, in which he rushed 21 times for 184 yards and three touchdowns. But those results could’ve been dismissed by the devoted pro-Fitzpatrick camp. Driving wind and unforgiving rain had muddied the turf at Harvard Stadium, effectively providing an additional “defender” to both sides’ secondaries...
...went from being the young guys in the boat without a clue to the seniors who share their knowledge with the younger guys,” Holzapfel says. “And I think we showed them that if you make up your mind to go fast, and you’re motivated to go as fast as you possibly can at all times, then you can succeed...
...rest of the league didn’t know it yet. The Ivy League media preseason poll picked Harvard to finish second—just a hair behind reigning champion Penn, but barely ahead of historic rival Yale. The rest of campus certainly had little clue that across the Charles, perfection was brewing...
...English translation. Struck by amnesia, the narrator, an antiquarian book dealer, begins to dig through the paper trail of his early life in an attempt to kick-start his memory. The novel itself is illustrated with images from comics and children's books that may or may not be clues to the narrator's sequestered identity. For Eco, of course, everything is a potential clue or sign. A professor at the University of Bologna, he continues to develop the field of semiotics, which he helped create in the 1960s and 1970s by studying the ways that people convey information. "Humans...
...study of 200 students playing a game with real money, researchers found that the hormone oxytocin, applied as a nasal spray, increased a student's willingness to trust another player. While the finding may offer another clue to understanding social phobias--or even autism--the half-life of the spray is too short for use by used-car salesmen...