Word: throwings
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...modelers or mathematicians out of a job," she says, but still, "every time there's a shift in the landscape, we realize we have to enrich the models, make them more complete, more complex, and bring in some of the richness that the real world can throw at us." Indeed, on Sept. 16, at the request of students, Wharton faculty held a "teach-in" to examine the current financial crisis in the wider context of risk management, among other topics...
...momentum continued to climb through the third quarter, as sophomore defensive back Collin Zych silenced a Crusader red zone threat, intercepting Randolph’s pass in the end zone for a touchback.“I mean that’s what Coach stresses, never throw picks in the end zone, never have turnovers in the end zone, and you just can’t do it,” Randolph said.Senior linebacker Eric Schultz quelled another Holy Cross red zone attempt at the Harvard one-yard line, finding a hole in the offensive line. Sacking Randolph, Schultz forced...
...Geza, a 24-year-old law student. "It is the basis for tackling all other issues." Geza worries that "we are losing our national sovereignty." Of Strache he says: "He speaks to us, the youth. He is not afraid to talk about sensitive issues and he doesn't throw sand in our eyes." Karl, a pensioner in his 70s, complains that "the Blacks (the conservative People's Party) are kapitalistische Schweine. And the Reds (Social Democrats) are just the same. Strache is a super man." Maybe. Some campaign literature from the Freedom Party even depicts Strache literally as a super...
...gloomers are fretting that Barack Obama is frittering away a can't-lose election, lagging behind generic Democrats in a generic Democratic year. They worry that he's too professorial, too nuanced, too dispassionate, too above-the-fray cool. They want him to run straight at McCain's distortions, throw some fastballs, show voters he's a scrapper. They fear that his message of change has grown stale, that his efforts to paint McCain as another George W. Bush aren't working, that Sarah Palin flat-out stole his mojo. They're even second-guessing his tactical decisions...
...pretty smart cookie. As many of your classmates have proven, it’s very likely that you could have made it to these hallowed halls with only a public-school education. The point of this measure wouldn’t be to close any doors, but rather to throw them open—because it would leave both ex-private-schoolers and heretofore marginalized public-schoolers on the same level playing field...