Word: lift
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...moving again, otherwise we simply weren't going to get anywhere and finally he agreed. We did that and we shot up. It was Tenzing, me and Wilf Noyce. We climbed to 24,000 feet, and we sort of got things rolling again. A bit later, when the big lift to the South Col was imminent, the party was making very slow progress, and once again I persuaded John that Tenzing and I should go up quickly and then more or less lead them up to the South Col. John somewhat reluctantly agreed. John wanted me and Tenzing...
...lift, I work out and exercise. Though now, rather than trying to be fit for some contest, I'm more into being fit for life. But I work out religiously. I've already been in the gym twice today. I'm happy with the fact that at age 51, I have a 30-in. waist. I have a six-pack any day of the week I want. But that's the residual effect [of exercise...
...guard also gives the bench a very different look. Housman and Harris are among the first off the bench and give life to the second unit. “I think that’s one of the keys for us now. Our bench has given us a lift to where we can play more bodies and when we go to our bench, instead of a drop off, we’re picking up the pace,” Amaker said. “It’s really nice to have Housman coming in as a veteran guard...
...Rollins dominated the first half for Harvard, but not even the best performance of her career could lift the Crimson to a victory over Kennesaw State...
...common denominator between Pakistan, Gaza, Lebanon and Iraq is an ongoing war, wars without end, wars that poison democracy. The Bush Administration is particularly culpable in creating the chaos in Pakistan because it forced a premature reconciliation between President Musharraf and Bhutto; it forced Musharraf to lift martial law; it showered money on Musharraf to fight a war that was never popular in Pakistan. The Administration could not understand that it can't have both in Pakistan - a democracy and a war on terrorism...