Word: imparting
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...discover what really happens while an athlete is in action, and to use that knowledge to improve performance. An example: although Braden is a foremost advocate of top spin in tennis, he has proved, contrary to conventional wisdom, that tennis players who roll their racquets "over" the ball to impart top spin not only waste energy but also unnecessarily risk "tennis elbow." His high-speed film shows that the ball is in contact with the strings for only four milliseconds and is well on its way to the net before the player even begins rolling his racquet. "Anyway," says Braden...
...presenting the truth and nothing but. On the other side are a new generation of TV news producers, under pressure from network bosses to come up with programs that will draw prime-time-size audiences. Re-enactments, the proponents argue, if carefully used and clearly labeled, can help impart information and expand the kinds of stories TV news...
What good will any of these gimmicks do for students after they have taken the SAT? Harvard and other colleges that require SATs should realize that they are supporting these non-productive industries that impart no useful knowledge...
...mother, Zachary says, Hope has always tried to impart egalitarianism and concern about social issues to her son. "In bringing me up, she always tried to root out any kind of complacency, and she never permitted arrogance or elitism," he says...
...Kellogg's Cracklin' Oat Bran cereal, Keebler's Soft Batch cookies, Pepperidge Farm's Goldfish crackers and Sunshine's Hydrox cookies, is prompted by health considerations -- and rising consumer pressure. Manufacturers have long been partial to the balmy-sounding vegetable oils -- coconut, palm-kernel and palm -- mainly because they impart a nongreasy taste and texture and extend the shelf life of products. But they are also high in saturated fat, the prime booster of blood-cholesterol levels. Coconut oil contains 92% saturated fat, palm-kernel oil 86% and palm oil 51%. In comparison, the damaging fat makes up only...