Word: speeding
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Here in the state where the speed limit is whatever you think is reasonable and prudent, a state that lives in a self-imposed exile from the other 49 while it considers whether to just be its own republic, Rod Lincoln had grown tired of life as a school superintendent and bought a saloon 15 years ago in Clinton, Mont. That's probably more of a lateral move than you might think, because you still have to wake people up occasionally, still have to expel troublemakers and still have to lead and inspire...
...built for comfort; I ain't built for speed. But I got everything a good man need. WILLIE DIXON...
Well, not entirely. While Boeing managers crowed about the production results last week, mechanics were rushing to complete 13 behind-schedule NG 737s parked outside the company's overstrained plant in Renton, Wash. Inside the cavernous building, workers struggled to avoid further delays even as Boeing was planning to speed up the NG 737 line from 14 planes a month to 21 to further clear the backlog. Says Boeing chairman Phil Condit: "We've still got some things to do." Like making money on the hot-selling 737s. Boeing has already written off $437 million after taxes against the first...
...coach said, "Pitch through the pain," and I did. I was never able to throw hard after that. Maybe it was a bit of good luck. The advantage in later years, when I became a player of the game of catch, was that I was all motion and no speed--a change-up artist with nothing to change up on--so that the children could study the mechanics of throwing and anticipate making a catch without too much fear...
...game time when the players were warming up. Wade Boggs and Don Mattingly tossed a ball between them without a trace of effort, bodies rearing up and pivoting gently in a casual parody of a pitcher's full windup toward the plate. Every easy toss was delivered at a speed greater than a good high school fastball pitcher could generate. Thwack, thwack, thwack in the leather. And the silence between the men on the field. It was interesting to note that even at their level, this was still a game of catch...