Word: speeding
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston yielded results that further the theory that physical health is very much affected by a person's state of mind. In part of the study, two groups of elderly people were asked to walk down a long hallway, and their gait and speed were measured. Then, each participant played a short video game, during which positive words (like "astute") were flashed at subconscious speed to half the subjects; negative words (like "senile") were flashed to the other half...
...Crimson used its speed whenever it could to force mistakes from the inexperienced Brown squad. During the preseason, Mazzoleni preached of a three-second opportunity, namely that it takes a team about three seconds to get set defensively after a turnover. The smart teams know how to exploit that moment of confusion...
...lusted after for a couple of birthdays now, and I'd trade in all the socks, ties and humorous cards about aging if only I could have it. Unfortunately, I can't, because it's a cable modem--which lets you traverse the Net at about 20 times the speed of a 56K modem--and cable-modem service is very spotty right now. In Manhattan, for example, I'd have to live between 59th and 67th Street, or in the ultra-hip East Village. Service will arrive in my slightly less hip corner of the West Village in fall...
...expulsions underline the Jewish state's concern that fundamentalist Christians may seek to provoke acts of violence to speed the return of Christ at the dawning of the millennium. And there's some basis to that fear. While the millennium itself means little to mainstream Judaism or Islam, a number of evangelical Christians interpret biblical prophecies to mean that the Messiah's return must begin with an apocalyptic final conflict that begins in the Holy City. Israeli leaders are all too aware that anyone who wishes to provoke such a conflict need simply attack the Islamic holy sites...
...contribute on occasion include the hard-working, tough sophomore winger Derek Nowak (1, 2), Brett's older brother, senior wingers Jamin Kerner (0, 0) Matt MacLeod (0, 1), and sophomore winger Jared Cantanucci (0, 1). Of the group, only Nowak played consistently last year, but Kerner with his blazing speed should also get a chance to perform...