Word: roping
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...have done is to put into the public arena what happens to me every single day on a private level. I have those encounters with people that touch me and really move me all the time. And usually it is when I am shaking somebody's hand on a rope line or I am in a small meeting or somebody comes up to me on the street. And I feel connected to that person, because they are worried they don't have health care. They are losing a job or some other problem that they are hoping that I will...
...tied at 13 and the final foil bout on deck, a fencing enthusiast would expect to see the top foil fencer from each squad lining up. Instead, Harvard sophomore Misha Goldfeder found herself across from Penn State’s third best, who she defeated handily, 5-1, to rope in the 14-13 victory...
...Evacuating oneself, as it turns out, sucks. The hike out is a wet blur in my memory, except for when we had to ford a flooded river using ropes in a sort of life-or-death trust fall. In testimonials printed on FOP’s promotional materials, this should have been the moment when I rose to the challenge, mastered my fear, and remained changed forever. In real life, I shouted a few profanities as my grip on the rope slipped and the team leader was forced to lug me across the river with...
...piece by Gearóid Mac Lachlainn provided the audio for Kit Tempest’s choreography of “Teanga Eile/Second Tongue.” MengYuan “Amily” He ’11 and Joffe wore black leotards and tights with a white rope snaked around their bodies. Their modern performance was well-controlled and precisely executed, alternating choppy motions with free-flowing moves.Surprising moments of harmony characterized several of the evening’s other performances. “Through the Looking Glass” (choreographed by Patrick H. Quinn...
...main aim was to help farmers deter elephants. He initially went high-tech, consulting Israeli pepper spray manufacturers about designing an aerosol pepper grenade. It worked, but to catch on with subsistence farmers, Osborn had to find a cheaper solution. Hence his invention of the chili fence - a rope hung with rags smeared in engine grease mixed with crushed chilies. And chili smoke, generated by burning animal dung mixed with chilies. Elephants would get a whiff of that and, to the delight of nearby farmers, trot off trumpeting into the distance...