Word: pivots
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...Bush toggled between diplomacy and the Katrina disaster all week. Heading into his address to the nation in Louisiana on Thursday night, he hoped to close the books on the original debacle so he could pivot toward a more optimistic and unifying message. So on Tuesday, he used the somewhat incongruous setting off an East Room news conference with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani to issue what was known in the Nixon years as a "modified limited hangout...
...lone soldier on patrol in the photo captioned "Carrying On" should have been taught that when patrolling in a hostile environment, you hold your gun with both arms at the ready, since seconds count. And you don't look at the ground; you keep your eyes level and pivot right and left to search for movement or something that doesn't belong in the landscape. That's basically how you stay alive - longer. I fear that the allied forces are not really prepared for this type of war. Jean-Pierre Gumprich Retournac, France Condi Under Pressure Your story portrayed rice...
...knife on one of our little models," Stumpf recalls, "and I just cut that slip in there. I knew right away it would work." Flex and absolute structural integrity without gimmicks: the chair is its material and structure. In addition, the designers engineered a novel tilt mechanism. Because the pivot is forward, at a point behind the knees, leaning backward in an Equa does not lift one's feet off the floor inexorably...
Donato then switched Brendan Bernakevitch—once a pivot but a right winger for much of this season—back to the center of the ice in Cavanagh’s stead. Sophomore Ryan Maki was tapped to take Bernakevitch’s place on the right...
With a power play drawing to a close, Saints blueliner Mike Madill hemmed in the Crimson’s attempt to clear its defensive zone before dumping the puck along the lefthand boards. Pivot Max Taylor worked the puck to Mike Zbringer in front, where the latter tucked a cross-crease shot just inside the left post to scuttle Dov Grumet-Morris’ hopes for a school-record 10th career shutout...