Word: pump
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...Martin Fisher, 48, and Nick Moon, 51, a simple pump could be the solution to poverty for millions of Africans. They're the co-founders of KickStart, a San Francisco--based nonprofit that encourages rural entrepreneurship by providing tools that Africa's poor can afford. Since the group was founded in Nairobi in 1991 under the name ApproTEC, it has developed a machine to make building blocks, a press that extracts cooking oil from seeds, a hay baler and a series of hand-operated micro-irrigation pumps. Their latest, the MoneyMaker Hip Pump, retails in Africa...
...doubleheader split with Yale, the Crimson failed to punch in runs, managing only two in sixteen innings, despite posting thirteen hits.If Harvard hopes to keep it’s playoff hopes alive against Dartmouth, the squad’s offense will need to find a way to pump up the volume and drive runners in.“The onus is on the hitters this weekend to pick it up a bit,” Byrne said. “We need to...focus on hitting line drives and hard ground balls. We need to put pressure on teams...
...that shouldn’t be too surprising. Since 9/11, environmentalists have found an unlikely ally with security hawks. Aware of the money trail coming from Saudi oil-lined coffers to radical madrassas, no self-respecting patriot can fill up at the gas pump with a clean conscience. More SUVs mean not only more floods and hurricanes, but terrorists as well. Neo-conservatives wring their hands in dismay, as the oil-rich regimes of Sudan and Iran have proved resilient to American pressures. Oh, how much bigger a stick we could wield if only America could rid itself...
...Hokie Bird mascot, basically an oversized turkey, trundled up the hill, carrying his VT staff, the same one he always carries, only today it had the names of the dead written on it. The bird gave the dads high-fives, mussed the kids' hair and gave a fist pump to no one in particular...
...It’s exciting coming in when the game is on the line,” Cole says. “You’ve got to hold that lead. Not having to hold back and being able to pump hard strikes is really a relief...