Word: flexing
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...have 41 varsity teams, but we also have thousands of non-varsity undergraduate students waiting for a suitable place to flex their muscles and fill their lungs. It’s time for that ratio to be reflected in Harvard’s exercise facilities...
Being a think-tank fellow and a Second Lady are flex-time jobs that allow Cheney to scoop up from school the three daughters of her daughter Liz, a lawyer at the State Department. (Daughter Mary just got her M.B.A. and is on the board of the Republican Unity Coalition, which seeks to build bridges between gay and straight g.o.p.-ers.) Lynne brings her granddaughters back to the mansion, which has been redone to a fare-thee-well in beige and ecru. Next to the huge, stark Frankenthaler canvas and the Christmas tree strung with white lights and dried roses...
...platforms (the car's foundation), which can't be easily re-engineered into sports cars. To make its Crossfire, Chrysler modified a platform that its sister brand, Mercedes-Benz, is phasing out. Foreign automakers have rolled out profitable models partly because they spent decades investing in platforms that can flex: Audi's TT sits on a modified Golf platform; BMW's Z4 started out with a 3-Series...
Junior forward Tricia Tubridy had difficulty adjusting to the new flex offense, but still managed to set a Wildcat Classic record with a career-high 19 rebounds against Idaho State. Throughout the season, Tubridy proved to be a threat on offense and a presence on the boards...
...player like that guidelines and a system, she’s brilliant in it,” Delaney-Smith said. “She knows angles, she knows timing, she knows how to read a defense and create. She didn’t do it last year in the flex, but wait until you see her this year...