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...hours, recalls boatman Myint Swe, and for three days afterwards the Pyapon River was clogged with bodies. Like hundreds of other delta villages, Myinkakon had few sturdy buildings to shelter in and no higher ground to flee to. And anyway, says Myint Swe, there was no way to outrun the storm surge, a wall of fast-moving water taller than the tallest man, which raced out of the darkness without warning and swept away tens of thousands of lives across the low-lying region...
...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...