Word: dashes
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...meeting, the Big Red only managed to cross onto the Crimson side of the field once. The Cornell flying wedge was held in check for the entire game as Harvard contained every Big Red run, save a 30-yard dash in the first half...
However, he hasn’t lost the athleticism that allowed him to excel at both positions in high school. In this past summer’s testing, Kingston recorded the highest vertical jump on the team (36.5 inches) along with a 40-yard dash time of 4.53 seconds—a figure that also ranks in the top five on the team...
...Stewart host. In fact, let Jon Stewart host every awards show. For anything. Ever. After a painfully dull monologue by Garry Shandling - who spent the entire time rocking wildly back and forth, as if he couldn't wait to dash off stage - Stewart killed with a you-can't-make-this-up highlight reel of TV news sensationalism over the war on terror (capped off with NBC News' Chris Jansing seriously asking an expert, "What can you tell us about Hispanic Muslims?"). "For too long," Stewart said, "the TV news industry has sacrificed its integrity for cheap entertainment value...
...longer than the old model but has several inches more backseat legroom and a surprisingly large trunk beneath its hatchback. You'll also note the unusual controls: no key is necessary. Instead, you insert a small plastic unit about the size of a matchbook into a slot on the dash, then step on the brake and push the power button. Next you move a small joystick mounted on the dash to the "D" position to start moving. It seems odd at first, but it works just fine...
Like Hornstine, we collect credentials and honors at every opportunity in our mad dash to middle age. Hundreds of clubs proliferate into dozens of niches, each top-heavy with leaders and ambitious functionaries, many with titles as nebulous as the roles they play. Members are never far from some distinction that will pad their resumes, and when those bullet-points go up for grabs, gauntlets fall with a severity worthy of Karl Rove a week before elections...