Word: tilts
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...marked by tight contests and a battle for razor-thin margins of power in the U.S. House and Senate, this race was particularly close - a fact that is not expected to change if Mondale takes over, although Democrats hope the former Veep's sentimental value (and name recognition) could tilt things in their favor...
...move to a European port. "It would be a great opportunity for the region," says Prada's Ovidi. "As well, you would be creating something new for Europe and building public awareness of this competition." It would also potentially give other European syndicates, sponsors and broadcasters a better tilt at the spoils of victory. Some teams, mind you, may already have tilted a tad too far to grab those spoils. Even before racing started, Seattle's OneWorld syndicate was found in possession of three other teams' design secrets. In August OneWorld told the America's Cup Arbitration Panel the designs...
...life sciences naturally cut across the traditional boundaries of schools. Neither GSE nor other schools with a tilt toward public service have wealthy enough alums to fundraise on the scale desired. FAS has a pool of wealthy donors—who would likely be solicited for all the goals—but would stand to benefit from coordination with other schools as well, Hyman says...
...temperatures plummeted and the Earth's primitive inhabitants endured a cold spell that lasted 100,000 years. The length of that ordeal and what brought it on have long puzzled experts. Various theories to explain it have been put forward--from variations in solar output to changes in the tilt of the Earth's axis--and generally dismissed. Now two scientists, writing in the Journal of Geophysical Research, have proposed a novel idea: the possibility that our planet was once encircled by a huge, Saturn-like ring created by a glancing blow from an asteroid...
Reeve also threw himself into every other available therapy: sessions on a tilt table that allowed him to stand upright and bear weight; workouts to strengthen his neck and shoulders; treadmill training in which he was suspended over a rolling belt to get his legs moving in a rough gait. But while the regimen kept his muscle mass--and his spirits--up, it had no real effect on function, until one day in September...