Word: skid
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...what about those statistics? The NHTSA rollover ratings are based on a proportional comparison between a vehicle's center of gravity and the width between its tires. Generally, SUVshave a higher center of gravity, which means they are more susceptible to rollovers, particularly if they skid or "trip" on a soft shoulder or a pile of snow...
...Union, the nonprofit organization that publishes Consumer Reports, last week criticized the ratings for this reason. Increasingly, the top-selling SUVs have a battery of onboard systems that help prevent a rollover, including antilock brakes, independent suspensions and computerized monitoring systems that adjust power to each wheel when a skid begins...
...main difference between her job and my job: because everyone has thoughts and just about everyone can write, when I do my job well, people outside the field think, "Hey, I could do that! Anyone could do that!" But when the skating instructor does her job well, laymen skid away humbly, mouthing the words "No way!" Thus the better she demonstrates this move, the less my fellow students and I are inclined to give...
...loss to the Hawks was Harvard's fourth in a row, its longest losing streak since 1989. The recent skid will make for nervous times when the NCAA Tournament seedings are announced on November 5th. An Ivy League title is all but out of reach...
...better skid, slide and stumble as fast as your flailing limbs can carry you to Meet the Parents. It is the work of director Jay Roach, whose Austin Powers movies were intermittently funny but not what anyone would call intricately constructed machines. What those movies needed was a couple of skilled tool-and-die makers like Jim Herzfeld and John Hamburg, who wrote this screenplay. And a bunch of actors, led by Robert De Niro and Ben Stiller, who understand that palpable reality will always trump frenzied fantasy when it comes to getting laughs...