Word: lift
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...terms of conditioning, that's really not much more we can do. We sprint hard...we lift weights," Landry said. "When you don't have the numbers to put three or four lines, people are gonna get fatigued. Pretty much every game, you're gonna have a shift where you want...
While Harvard had to wrestle with its own fatigue, the opponent was able to lift its play to another level. Like an exhausted 400-meter runner, Harvard would "hit the wall" as the other team sprinted to victory...
...skiers who stick to groomed runs, avalanches pose little hazard. Most major ski resorts operate military-style control programs that rely on explosive charges to trigger slides on avalanche-prone slopes before skiers head for the lifts. But increasingly, skiers are stepping beyond the boundaries set by resorts -- prompted in part by long lift lines and the high cost of lift tickets as well as the thirst for adventure. "What they don't realize," says Dale Atkins, who forecasts avalanches for the state of Colorado, "is that once they cross under that quarter-inch rope, they've gone from...
...hands, the act of drawing acquired an extraordinary power and range. It was, in one sense, sculptural: the dense shadows of ink wash convey the shape and width of a head or a body with such emphasis that you feel you could almost lift it off the page. Drawings like Two Men Conversing or The Drinkers are so vivid in their tonal structure, and at the same time so natural and unpretentious in their expression, that you feel included in the meetings they depict. Daumier's line is always in motion, and startlingly responsive to the perceived moment...
...play a part in the Balkan blame game. They have been known to bomb their own people in Bosnia, hoping the Serbs and the Croats would be held responsible and Western allies would intervene on their side. But they are also angry at the Clinton Administration for refusing to lift an arms embargo despite earlier pledges...