Word: outrunning
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...frame and mediocre top-end speed. Since bulking up his 40-yard dash has dropped from 4.54 to 4.63 seconds. Although he has done all he can to take care of the size issue, the result has led some to question his ability to outrun pro-level defensemen. But Dawson claims it simply comes with the territory.“My times are still pretty consistent,” he says. “When I came to Harvard I was a buck 80, maybe a little less, and obviously you do lose some speed when you gain thirty pounds...
...other compelling reasons to go abroad. International exposure may be essential for Indian companies to maintain high sales-growth rates. Because of a host of problems at home, such as pervasive poverty and obsolete, overtaxed transportation and power networks, India's most successful companies have in some ways already outrun the Indian economy and are now simply spreading their bets. "I will apply my money where my judgment thinks it can make the maximum return," says Videocon chairman Venugopal Dhoot. "Business is business everywhere...
...took until the second half for a brisk fall breeze to pick up, but the Harvard Field Hockey team was clearly blown over much earlier than that. The Crimson (2-14, 2-3 Ivy) lost to Boston University 4-1 yesterday, in a match in which they were outrun, overpowered, and outgunned. “BU is a very strong team this year, and their win was very impressive” Harvard coach Sue Caples said. “But this game showed that there’s a lot we can learn, and we will.” From...
...Dirt, an upcoming FX show, you play a tabloid editor. Is this revenge against the gossip industry? It was inspired by an actual incident. When I was pregnant, I was driving, and paparazzi were tailgating me. I foolishly tried to outrun them. I was hormonal. [It made me think] there has got to be something we can do on the paparazzi...
...Grammer writes, although attractive features themselves are “cross-culturally universal,” socio-economic factors within cultures do modify them slightly. Maybe our abundant resources have spoiled us into thinking that affluence is more attractive than health. Rather than maintain a physique that could outrun a lion, we showcase our ability to outspend a monarch. And our tokens of wealth—expensive, designer clothes—are best displayed on skinny, sickly-looking bodies. I couldn’t blame Europeans for looking wealthy. But nothing changes the fact that you’d have...