Word: expendable
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...have to play a lot of defense, and they’re not accustomed to having to play a lot of defense,” she said. “If we keep things simple, bring the puck to the net, they’re going to have to expend a tremendous amount of energy playing some defense as well...
...reward kids with coupons redeemable at in-school stores for nonfood prizes. She has a new assignment for herself as well: addressing the state's lack of adequate physical-education programs and the cancellation of recess. "We cram them full of unhealthy food and don't let them expend it," says Combs. "It's a recipe for disaster." Look for a Susan Combs recipe to fix that...
...Grant, director of independent thinktank RAND Europe's Cambridge office and principal author of a study of European fertility released last year. "But there's a disconnect between the cycle of political elections and the generational cycle of demographics. That's one reason politicians haven't been willing to expend a lot of political capital in addressing it." It's not the only reason politicians have been leery. In Germany, Italy and Spain, nationalist or fascist regimes often glorified childbirth as a boon to the race. In many...
...that the Yalies just don’t match up—again and again. Perhaps if they would just sit content in their number two seat (well, it’s really more of a stool in the corner), we wouldn’t have to expend so much effort. But the Yalies are true masochists. Nothing makes this point clearer than last year’s 37-19 smackdown. After an 80-yard drive to put the Bulldogs on the 5-yard line—oh ever so close—they tried for the touchdown. And tried...
Nobody is saying that Harvard should try and go back into Division I-A. Yet the work put in on a consistent basis by Murphy and his staff to recruit the best talent and the effort that Fitzpatrick and his classmates expend on a daily basis is undermined by the current policy of the Crimson not being allowed to compete in the Division I-AA playoffs along with the rest of the country...