Word: dashes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Jones picked up nine, 13,11 and eight yards in his first four runs, and at no point was he touched within five yards of the line of scrimmage. Clearly Jones' 4.49 second 40-yard-dash speed is a huge factor, but Jones was working with holes large enough for the proverbial Mack truck...
...diet worked equally well for whites and African Americans, says Dr. Thomas Vogt, an epidemiologist at the Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research in Portland, Oregon, who helped coordinate the study known in the field as DASH--for Dietary Approaches to Stopping Hypertension...
...changes in eating habits called for in the DASH diet are simple, but that does not necessarily make them easy to adopt. For one thing, you need to eat eight to 10 servings of fruits and vegetables each day--about twice the amount that most Americans consume. "It was definitely a challenge," says study participant Carol Long, 45, a systems analyst from Boston. "But it was worth it." Long, whose mother and grandfather both suffered strokes, saw her blood pressure drop 10%. "Now I eat fruits and vegetables all the time," she says. "And I'm trying...
...this year. This year's team seems to have mentally staked its entire existence upon a desperate postseason dash like the one it made last year. Last year, an emotionally hobbled, physically depleted Crimson team streaked past a three-game series with St. Lawrence on the road, past a lake Placid date with eventual national semifinalists Vermont...
...Kerri Strug, 19. Considered a senior citizen in the rather precious world of gymnastics, the tiny Olympian displayed courage not usually associated with high school seniors. Indeed, a replay of her dash down the ramp on a badly sprained left ankle should be shown to those prima donnas who beg out of the lineup because of the slightest twinge. Let the pro who doesn't want to play on a particular day watch a tape of Strug doing her Yurchenko 1 1/2 vault, nailing her landing and then keeping her balance as she pivots to the judges on one foot...