Word: containment
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...Before you put it into action, you have to charge the battery and fill up its tank with cleaning solution-a liter of water mixed with two ounces of specially designed concentrate from Clorox. Incidentally, the concentrate contains no bleach, nor does it contain anything that might make the floor sudsy. You have to use the special formula; anything else will void your Scooba warranty. The folks from iRobot say that the solution-three 32-oz bottles for $18 or five for $25-will be available online or where Roombas and Scoobas are sold. They also suggest that...
...game at the four, and he’s used to having to play out of position.”Other than the lineup shifts, Harvard’s gameplan has not changed for its meeting with BU. The Crimson knows it must handle the Terriers’ pressure, contain their explosive backcourt, and prevent them from getting hot behind the arc. The failure to execute in those areas has led to back-to-back 44- and 37-point losses to BU over the past two seasons.“They’ve definitely embarrassed us the last...
...point field goals, making him just the third player in CCSU history to amass 200 treys. Whenever it seemed Harvard might take control, there was Chiera, knocking down a long jumper to keep the Crimson in comeback mode.Harvard had targeted CCSU’s explosive backcourt, but could not contain the Blue Devils’ strength, speed, and shooting on the perimeter. Overall, CCSU shot 9-of-16 from three-point range and added 10 points on the fast break.“This was clearly going in the toughest opponent for us to guard, and that proved...
...only we would listen to the Solaymanis of the world. If only the Internet were controlled by the UN or some other supra-national and super-sovereign entity, then we could get wonderfully diverse opinions about Internet governance, and China could better censor websites that contain words such as “liberty” or “Tiananmen Square.” Luckily, the usual gang of anti-Americans didn’t succeed at the Summit. Instead, there were a few vapid bureaucratic proclamations about healing the technology gap between rich and poor nations by bridging...
Sometimes what we call ambition issimply talent so great it cannot contain itself. Mozart, Einstein and Bill Gates come to mind. But in other cases ambition is just greed. Many of the famous folk in your story fit the latter category...