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...didn’t try to sprint to catch up with them right away and burn myself out,” Maludzinski said. “I just told myself to take it bit by bit. It was kind of hard to judge how much ground I was making up, but I felt like I kept on narrowing the gap each...
...might have--but she didn't. Franklin was the intellectual equal of Watson and Crick, but she lacked the advantage of a sympathetic collaborator, and she simply wasn't the prizewinning type. She was a bloodhound, cautious and implacable, whereas Crick and Watson were greyhounds who lived for the sprint. When they made their triumphant announcement, Franklin was gracious in defeat, accepting her peripheral role with an equanimity that surprised her colleagues. When she encountered Watson and Crick later in life, they met as friends. She probably never knew what a central part her X rays had played in their...
...other end of the square, at the exit gates, the marchers break out of formation and, plainly relieved, drop the expressions of grim determination. Out-of-towners sprint towards the buses that will take them home. Tikritis hang back, catch up with friends for a chat...
...often in the past, six months in the presidency just hasn't been enough to forge compromises among 15 member states on a raft of complicated issues like immigration or economic policy. Getting to yes in that time after 10 new members join in 2004 would require a diplomatic sprint no one could carry off. What's more, the appeal of getting six months in the driver's seat flattens considerably when the chance only comes around every 121/2 years. Still, the deal seems to bolster France's intergovernmental approach more than Germany's integrationist aims. Once campaigning for votes...
After seeing depth charts and sprint times, the Crimson (3-0, 1-0) swimmers knew that No. 18 Pittsburgh would provide stiff competition yesterday...