Word: waylaying
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While a powerhouse Harvard program is a very real possibility as the season kicks off, Coach Stone and her squad are well aware of the pitfalls that lie along the way. Injury, complacency, hype, exhaustion: Any one of these things could waylay the Crimson during the course of its long season...
...countries, including Germany, to meet the criteria by boosting economic growth. But more important, Tietmeyer's mere utterances, like those of his U.S. counterpart, Alan Greenspan, can move markets or puncture investor confidence. His blessing of the euro venture would be a welcome seal of approval, but he could waylay the entire program if he declares its underlying fiscal arrangements to be flawed, and he could hinder the entry of any nation he feels does not meet Maastricht standards...
ULTIMATELY, the only reaction is sadness. Jackson is not conspiring to destroy Israel; it is doubtful that he wants to or will ever have the power to do so. All Jews are not plotting up different ways to waylay the Jackson effort. But in the heat of the moment, no one has stood back to assess the damage the incident has caused...
...began, the coach must have paced the Blodgett Pool deck muttering, "Bruins and Tigers and Bulldogs...oh my." Since the beginning of Ivy League dual meet competition six years ago, the perennial league powers, Brown, Princeton, and Yale have always sprung from the thickets of Harvard's schedule to waylay the season...
...walked quickly, running whenever she could. As she passed through neighborhoods, undoubtedly cutting a bizarre figure, there were other attempts to waylay her. She escaped. Soon she reached the city limits, with the countryside just ahead. Breathless and weary, she sped down the road. Suddenly rough hands seized her from behind and pinned her down. With all her might she struggled to break away but failed. "I'm being kidnapped!" she screamed over and over again at the top of her lungs. That was in vain, for beyond the city limits there was no one to hear...