Word: pushed
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...team must rely heavily on its stellar freshmen eight of last year, as five sophomores will compete in the varsity eight at this weekend’s regatta. The program has also maintained all of its walk-ons from last year, giving the team much-needed depth to push through the injuries, absences, and challenges that this new season presents.Nonetheless, one thing remains unchanged—the team’s drive for a championship.“Absolutely, we expect to have the same success,” Mazjoub says.The Radcliffe lightweight crew is prepared and focused for this...
...trusting and listening to the coxswain, you’re screwed.”The coxswain remains exempt from the physical pain of a 2,000-meter race done at full throttle. But the enormous responsibility of steering, coaching, and gauging at which points to call for a strong push from the crew is burdensome enough. Coxswains can’t call timeouts and regroup their crews—a luxury afforded to athletes in most other sports. They have one chance to steer a good course and direct the progress of oarsmen who must have unblinking faith in their...
...Maybe there are people who don’t need a nudge or a push, maybe they’re already active enough, but I know the majority of my friends need that push,” he said...
...Redford was optimistic about the current generation, expressing his hope that this film would push people to start asking questions and insist that today’s leaders be upfront...
...Baghdad, a coordinated ambush that included a series of timed explosions and pre-planned gunfire that wounded the ambassador and killed one of his security guards. In Diwaniyah, locals say these armed groups may focus their attention on the local Polish base in the city in an effort to push the Coalition out of the city. That's just what the militias did with the British in Basra, leaving the city up for grabs for an all-out fight for power, an intra-sect bloodbath that Sunni extremists would only love to hasten and exploit. With reporting by TIME...