Word: exert
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Crime Waveis strewn with corpses-realcorpses, decaying corpses, missing corpses,decaying corpses, missing corpses, suspectedcorpses, celebrity corpse. If only they were alljust real or imaginary. If imaginary, they exert asort of gruesome grip on our appetite for thesafely distant world of violent crime. If real,they shed light on the fascinating method andmotivation of a major writer. Together, they makea hodge-podg
Unfortunately, the rosy portrait that we and the University pain has its price--especially, as is the case this weekend when the targets of the con are parents. We miss an extraordinary opportunity to exert pressure for change. Through the eyes of an administrator, angry students are one thing, angry parents another. Imagine if hundreds of furious mothers descended on Dean Knowels' office demanding core reform. What might happen if fathers started knocking on President Rudenstine's door wondering why all the junior faculty were leaving...
POSTURE IMPERFECT Women athletes may be more vulnerable than men to knee injuries because they tend to crouch less when they play sports like basketball and soccer. The upright posture, especially detrimental during landing and pivoting, forces the quadriceps to exert pressure on knee ligaments...
...confronting entirely unprecedented economic challenges," says Ramo. Reporting this tale proved a challenge too. Ramo followed Summers to Russia this summer as that country's economy unraveled. Greenspan stayed put, but until TIME's exclusive, he's been understandably reluctant to be interviewed, given the power his words exert on the markets...
GRIPPING DATA New research on hundreds of Americans shows that those with a strong hand grip face higher odds of developing arthritis in the joints at the base of the fingers, including the thumb. Why? Hefty hand muscles may exert excessive force on the joints...