Word: tiring
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...small to accurately measure. “You could find Jupiters but you couldn’t find Earths,” said Ronald L. Walsworth, a senior physics lecturer who helped lead the project. “We had a great car but it was missing a tire.” Calibrated to an atomic clock—“the best measuring device man has in his quiver,” according to collaborator Andrew H. Szentgyorgyi—the astro-comb’s laser emits pulses every one millionth of one billionth of a second...
...merriment to distract us from merriment missing elsewhere. White plastic barriers will border out a little rectangle of joy and shouting. And at the center of this spectacle, splashed across all of Yardfest’s promotional literature and giving form to its carefree spirit, will be the tire swing...
...funny thing to have hanging under the branches of stately old Harvard trees. The tire swing has become the pagan totem of our spring rite, and we—its fanatics—flock to it out of simple glee or hipster irony. Like a hypnotic pendulum lulling away the vulgarities of everyday stress, the tire swing beckons us to Yardfest in a more complex way than the food monopoly and in a more subtle way than the rap stars. One can imagine Yardfest without the dining services’ cornucopia, without the spectacle of saccharine country and ironic...
...from a set offense. We need to do a much better job guarding against that.”Speed was the decisive factor against Harvard, as Hartwick capitalized time and time again on the Crimson’s costly turnovers. The Hawks also utilized a deep rotation system to tire out their opponents, consistently sending hordes of attackers on the break.“It’s just a level of awareness that we need to work on,” Snyder said. “Knowing that a team is going to counter, we need to be preparing...
...includes a bottle of Thomas Hardy's Ale from 1980 for $35 and a Chimay Grand Reserve from 1999 for $60. To my shock, while I waited for my delayed flight at Denver International, I stopped at the New Belgium Pub, where I had one of its malty Fat Tire ales. I don't know if there are any studies on this, but I think this beer-drinking thing may be addictive...