Word: roughness
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...defining feature of football. "Even in a good year, when you go 10-6, you are going to lose about 40% of your games," he says. So Kraft went long in his management approach. A paper-industry magnate, he says football has a lot in common with the rough-and-tumble paper trade, in which shifting commodity prices can quickly turn gains into losses. But having the right system in place brings profits in the long term...
...word) describes a harrowing series of events that had her risking her life in the name of science. “I don’t know if any of you have ever run on recent lava flows, but it’s kind of rough,” she says nonchalantly...
...from six continuous weeks of wear, and your Harvard hoodie reeks of curry chicken, last night’s preferred dinner option. Rather than wash it you spray on another layer of cologne. You smell like a stale perfume sample in Vanity Fair and your once smooth complexion is rough with stubble and acne.” The Ghost takes me to late November and extracts a blood sample. Analysis reveals it is 75% Dunkin Donuts coffee and 25% grease...
...through the town on his way back from a trip to China. "Kim is still in control," said Peter Beck, head of the Seoul office of the International Crisis Group, a nongovernmental organization that studies security issues. "But he is under pressure to navigate the regime through some very rough waters." One thing is for sure: for every cautious assessment such as that, the next few months will see just as many wild rumors of events in the Hermit Kingdom...
...powered by four flashlight batteries, [and] weighs less than 2 lbs. ... A language- translating computer. Built by IBM, it translates Russian into English. Its first assignment: translating each day's Pravda for the Air Force. It works at a rate of 1,800 words per minute, turns out rough but readable English ... The pace of research is such that man's next great discovery may come next month, next week--or tomorrow...