Word: wind
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...drive as a whole was a thing of beauty, although there was a lot of ugliness along the way. It started when Princeton kicker Taylor Northrop, who had just rocked a 52-yarder with the wind at his back, slipped on the kickoff...
...grizzled pirate with a peg leg and a parrot on his shoulder will gladly tell you, even the swabbiest sailors can do very little with a weak wind at their backs...
...Sunday, the lack of wind cancelled all but two races. Since both races were in the A division and none were held in the B division, neither counted in the overall standings, preventing the team from improving upon its Saturday performance...
...same with business. If you focus on the goal and not the process, you inevitably compromise." He spits out the word. "Businessmen who focus on profits wind up in the hole. For me, profit is what happens when you do everything else right. A good cast will catch a fish. It's like Zen archery"--he believes in a brand of philosophical Buddhism, a surprising pursuit for a French-Canadian Catholic raised in Maine. "Success has nothing to do with sticking an arrow into the bull's-eye," he says. "It's all about practice--practicing taking the arrow...
...obsessed with the air his children breathe--literally. He has his servants check it for germs regularly and any toys which the children touch are promptly disposed of...And finally, as I was walking down Mt. Auburn Street yesterday, I saw a plastic bag floating in the wind. It spun in the air, inflated and deflated, and crashed and burned several times. I didn't find it all that profound...