Word: starting
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...they had over-extended themselves in the attempt to break Harvard at the start, and by 500 meters gone, Harvard was coming on strong, grinding down the Penn oarsmen...
...main difficulty experienced by the Crimson varsity heavyweights this year has been a slow start. Harvard literally has never been able to jump its rivals off the starting line in any race this spring...
...Crimson fell behind by as much as three-quarters of a length in all contests except the Worcester sprints, and only began to come back after a quarter of the race was over. This recurring pattern caused concern. After the Adams Cup Race, Harvard began using a lower-cadence start, which seems to work better...
...lights have exhibited an extraordinary ability to start fast, and to break (beat, to the laymen) the other shells immediately after the race begins. What concerns Andersen is their tendency to lose speed as the race wears on. Andersen has clocked his crew over each segment of a race, and the times increased. He calls this drop-off in speed "a bit excessive...
Consulant firms and agencies offer a better opportunity to study the dynamics of change, and in this respect are, according to Labovitz, a "better lab for learning than the university." Research planning firms like Arthur D. Little start with a specific client or problem, identify his objectives, and design a project around a specific need...