Word: winded
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...morning was beautiful,” assistant coach Cory Bosworth said, “But it came down on us as we racing the varsity grand finals, it was pouring rain, with a cross wind that swung around to a tailwind. It was quite intense. It’s a great race course, but the launch site is very muddy, and we were just soaking wet...I don’t think that it was intimidating for our athletes, but it was wild...
...stay on the safe side, if you get overly jittery or nervous, or start having heart palpitations (English majors: that’s the feeling like your heart’s going to burst out of your chest), stop drinking the liquid energy. It’ll wind up doing more harm than good. And just like with that booze you wish you were downing, don’t drink it on an empty stomach. Alternatively, you could always just try getting some sleep, but that’s what the flight home...
...Oregon to Washington to Ohio, the climate crisis dominated each of his days. "We need to deal with the central facts of rising temperatures, rising waters, and all the endless troubles that global warming will bring," he said on May 12, jabbing the air at a Portland, Oregon, wind-turbine facility. "Time is short and the dangers are great. The most relevant question now is whether our own government is equal to the challenge." In case anyone missed the message, he added, "I will not shirk the mantle of leadership the United States bears. I will not permit eight long...
When the Colombian military made its controversial incursion into neighboring Ecuador two months ago, it may well have removed more than just a camp full of leftist Colombian guerrillas. The raid may wind up taking out a $70 million U.S. Air Force base as well. On Monday, Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa said he's "convinced" the U.S. aided Colombia in the March 1 attack and reiterated his suspicions that U.S. intelligence agencies had infiltrated Ecuador's armed forces and police - remarks that seem to all but assure that the small South American nation will not renew the lease...
...know the musical prodigies with no social skills and the social butterflies with awful grades, but the large mass of us are pretty smart, pretty social, pretty adaptable, and pretty driven. And, as the Syeshas of the world, we’re bound to win. Or at least wind up in the finals...