Word: sounding
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...that about 10 times and it's a mile. Do that 100 times and it's an ultra-marathon. Now run those 100 miles up a mountain, or in the woods at night, or in a desert so hot that the soles of your shoes begin to melt. Sound like fun? Chris McDougall, author of Born to Run, thinks so. What started as a simple quest to explain a running injury took the former war correspondent deep into the world of ultra-running - and into the world of the Tarahumara, an indigenous race of superrunners who live deep...
...document each "vocal event," Christakis outfitted 329 babies and children, ages 2 months to 4 years, with pager-sized recorders on their chests that recorded every audible sound either the baby or any adult made over a 16-hour period. Each child wore the monitor for one randomly assigned day a month for up to two years. In addition, the recorder captured sound from a television whenever it was turned on within earshot of the baby. Specially designed software then coded all audible sounds made or heard when the TV was both...
...major weakness of the study, however, is that it fails to determine a specific association between programming content and infant development. Because the recorder documented only the sound of the television and not the content of what was playing, Christakis can't say for sure whether kid-targeted programming could actually lead the youngsters to vocalize, talk and interact with their parents more. "It is possible to put on the TV and really engage with a child verbally," says Christakis...
...daily sound bites, visit time.com/quotes...
...second. With his signature monster drives, Pollak dominated the field on long par-5 holes, leading all golfers with -4 on those holes.“He’s a great ball striker,” Shore said of Pollak. “He has a very sound, solid game. To play any sport in college, it’s all about focus and priorities.”At the Harvard-Riverside tournament at PGA West in La Quinta, Calif., Pollak tied for the low round by shooting 74 in the tournament, where the Crimson got just narrowly edged...