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...We’ve been on an offensive spark lately,” Brine said. “We’re going to put some pucks...
...these bicycle mechanics succeed when a famous scientist failed? Because Langley hired other people to execute his concept. Studying the Wrights' diaries, you see that insight and execution are inextricably woven together. Over years, as they solved problems like wing shape and wing warping, each adjustment involved a small spark of insight that led to others...
...that point, with 4:40 to play.“You’ve got to pay the price,” Sullivan said. “The Atlantic Coast Conference—this is a big boy’s league.While Rice and Haynes provided the explosive spark off the pine that blew up the contest, Smith and Dudley—who both were selected to the All-Big East first team last year—proved unstoppable. The 6’7 Dudley was able to shoot over the smaller defenders guarding him on the perimeter as well...
Trailing 53-47 with 6:51 to go, the Crimson (8-3) needed a spark, and the 5’11 freshman provided it. Housman kicked off a 13-0 Harvard run with a jumper off a long offensive rebound and capped the spurt with a free throw. He added a three pointer and another free throw in between to account for seven points in that span, as Harvard took an insurmountable 60-53 lead with 1:06 remaining and walked away with...
...generous stock options to go with it. As a result, she has chosen to forgo a salary at the foundation. But she runs it with the ferocity of a Wall Street titan. When she met with Senator Jesse Helms on Capitol Hill, he called her a spark plug--twice. "None of us knew much about health," she says. "We just kept finding people whom we trusted. And we learned and learned. We used the same skills we'd applied to business prospects." At one point, baffled by the organizational complexities of the U.N., Stonesifer called a man who works there...