Word: control
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Down 14-11, Harvard seized control of the game on a drive that began with 2:19 left before halftime. The series, which started at the Crimson 18, looked destined for a three-and-out when a Holy Cross substitution penalty set up an easy first down for Harvard on a quick pass to senior wide receiver Terence Patterson...
...product line may have factored into the selection of former Apple executive Rebecca Patton, 43, as CEO. But the crucial issue was to hire an experienced manager to run the place. "The control thing was totally unimportant to us. Several people have told us that's a female characteristic," Herrin says, as if she wouldn't know one way or the other...
Start by examining one of your sneakers on a flat surface. If the heel is worn more on the inside than the outside, you're a pronator. That means you roll your feet inward each time your heel strikes the ground. You need a control shoe specially built to counteract this tendency. If your heel is worn more on the outside, you're an underpronator, which means you ought to wear a shoe with more cushioning...
...defense, opportunities for disgraceful behavior were limited by circumstances beyond our control. There weren't any shooting wars to slither out of. The term recreational drugs--a term that was invented to make what privileged people do sound less depraved than it would if it were done by poor people--had not been coined. The sort of state lawbreaking that Fifties Guys were associated with was underage drinking. The sort of federal lawbreaking that Fifties Guys were associated with was underage drinking with a fake draft card. Reading about the recent accusations against George W. Bush, I could imagine...
...helicopters came around in a circle, into the wind, to get better control. Then they lowered a diver on a rope. Navy rescue swimmer Shad Hernandez came into the water about 30 yds. from us. He put a harness on each of us, and we were hauled into the helicopter, which was hovering about 15 ft. above the highest waves. I couldn't even hear it because my ears were so full of water. But when it got close, I could feel the beating of the blades in my chest. I'll tell you, that was a very nice feeling...