Word: resets
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...pulled. The next thing I knew, I was staring up at the pixelated ground of Iwakuni that was probably supposed to be below, and then the screen went red, which I knew was a bad thing because my instructor said "Uh-oh." But not to worry-he hit reset (the advantage of video games) and gave me another shot. I showed my gratitude by immediately crashing the new helicopter into the runway...
...said of his defense on the play, adding, “I should have stayed in the middle more.” The rest of Harvard’s power plays were characterized by some messy puckhandling and a series of errant passes that repeatedly forced the team to reset. “In our own zone, we really seemed to have a tough time stringing even the most basic few passes together,” Donato said. “I didn’t think it was an X’s and O’s battle?...
...Close every open tab on every computer in Lamont, and reset each homepage to meatspin.com...
These are examples of the time-honored presidential restart--an unofficial third term for re-elected Presidents loping toward the history books. Bush could use a reset button. Not only does he face emboldened Democrats who aren't planning to give him any breaks, but also his own Republicans are grumpy. A former top aide says it is "impossible to overstate the disappointment and disgust" among Bush loyalists about how the President squandered his post-9/11 popularity. So Bush is using a pair of momentous appearances this month--his "new way forward" speech on Iraq and his penultimate State...
...reaction to the young age of soldiers in fighting Vietnam, many states lowered the MLDA and allowed 18-year-olds to drink during the 1970s. By 1984, however, the federal government compelled states to reset the MLDA to 21 in response to the obvious reality of the time: Quite simply, lower MLDAs have failed in practice...