Word: plateauing
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...Gaza Strip and the bulk of the West Bank, including some part of East Jerusalem. Arafat refused the deal. Presumably to protest Barak's offer to divide Jerusalem, Sharon, accompanied by dozens of Israeli police, took the unusual step of visiting what Jews call the Temple Mount, the plateau that today hosts al-Aqsa Mosque and the Dome of the Rock. The visit provoked rioting and an Israeli response that sparked the second intifadeh, which together with Israel's countermeasures has claimed some 3,000 Palestinian and 1,000 Israeli lives. While some Israelis and Palestinians blamed Sharon for provoking...
...slipping at all; their opponents may just be getting better. Or the decline may be a matter of perspective; after all, no one can perform at peak levels 100% of the time. Over-training and bringing the muscles to the brink of fatigue can lead to a physical plateau, after which the body just can't run any faster or swing any harder...
...this year’s point guards can simply keep defenses honest, then the Harvard offense could carry the Crimson to a plateau it has never before reached...
...subscribe to the view that aging suddenly overtakes us at some point in life, whether at 60 or some other milestone. I meet researchers, physicians and others who believe that we are born, grow rapidly to maturity, and then coast along on a more or less comfortable plateau until we begin to decline. They call the period of decline senescence and consider it distinct and apart from what came before...
Harvard coach Tim Murphy reached the 100-win plateau with the Crimson’s victory on Saturday. Sixty-eight of those wins have come in Cambridge. The other 32 were tallied during stints with Cincinnati and Maine...Harvard running back Clifton Dawson fumbled for only the third time in his career early in the second quarter. Senior Ryan Tyler recovered for the Crimson, and Dawson scored three plays later...Senior punter Mike King, sidelined a week ago by injury, replaced ineffective backup Clem McDavid in the second quarter. McDavid had punted twice for a combined 50 yards before King...