Word: stamina
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...this--not to mention the film's paranoid take on big, secretive government--is familiar stuff. Nor are the principal characters unknown quantities. Under pressure, Smith's attorney demonstrates the kind of stamina and physical agility that people confined to desk jobs find within themselves only in the movies. His sole ally, Brill, a former government operative who has turned into a rogue counterintelligence specialist, is played by Gene Hackman as a funny, cranky imitation--right down to the horn-rimmed glasses--of the snoop he played so memorably in The Conversation almost 25 years ago. And, as their chief...
...felt energy moving through my body in a way I'd never experienced before," he says. Now free of pain, he signs up for twice-weekly sessions and has Pilates equipment at home. Says Rifkin: "I'm probably in the best physical shape I've ever been. My stamina is so much greater because my body is rested and toned...
...work of outstanding social scientist Mary Meeker, who publishes intellect-boosting tests, workbooks and software. Since 1996 our firm has provided the Meeker model to almost 150 schools serving more than 60,000 youngsters. These schools have documented statistically significant increases in academic achievements. By developing intellectual strength and stamina, students increase their mental power and endurance--whether they are learning math, the grammar of English or other languages, how to read music, run a four-cylinder engine, program a computer or balance a ledger. By strengthening our students' thinking abilities today, we can enrich their lives tomorrow. WILLIAM...
Athletes who have used creatine for extendedperiods of time say the supplement helps theirperformance in their strength and conditioningprograms as long as they monitor their use of it.They say it is especially productive in thesummers and offseasons, when their main goal is toget stronger and build up their stamina andendurance...
...will swear you have entered a school. Parent sign-up sheets festoon the walls. A small library offers comfy chairs and a plentiful supply of magazines. Basketballs bounce in the distance, and a poster next to the weight room illustrates the "6 S's of Fitness" (strength, stamina, speed, suppleness, skill, spirit). The kids racing down the linoleum hallway take Spanish, art, p.e. and government here. They hit baseballs from the pitching machine, and they splash in the pool. But this is not their school. They go to school at home...