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...chest. What's more, the sub has two steering wheels. A sailor to my left moved horizontal planes at the back of the boat that could cause it to dive or ascend. My wheel controlled the stern rudder and the horizontal fins at the sail (the sub's giant hump near its front). Experienced drivers knew how to work together. I didn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: First Person | 2/26/2001 | See Source »

...chest. What's more, the sub has two steering wheels. A sailor to my left moved horizontal planes at the back of the boat that could cause it to dive or ascend. My wheel controlled the stern rudder and the horizontal fins at the sail (the sub's giant hump near its front). Experienced drivers knew how to work together. I didn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How I Drove A Submarine | 2/26/2001 | See Source »

...Yale had very timely momentum-like shots--threes, baseline drives with fouls," Harvard coach Frank Sullivan said. "Any time they sensed a lull, they were able to get over the hump with very timely baskets...

Author: By Rahul Rohatgi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Title Hopes Fade as M. Basketball Loses to Yale and Brown | 2/20/2001 | See Source »

...matter of us playing the game we know how to play," Prasse-Freeman said. "It was a disappointment that we didn't get over the hump...

Author: By Rahul Rohatgi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: M. Basketball Splits Ivy Road Trip to New York | 2/5/2001 | See Source »

That kind of warfare is one sort of electoral politics that Gore enjoys and excels at. When the campaign heats up and it's time for fiery words, he says, "then I get over the hump and into gear. And really relish it." He has an ability to exploit opponents' weaknesses and craft policy nuggets that double as political grenades. He doesn't mind going right to the line, or even across it. In 1991, in a presidential campaign, he said during a rare unguarded moment that you have to be willing to "rip the heart and lungs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Democratic Convention: The Man Behind The Myths | 8/21/2000 | See Source »

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