Word: winded
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...rules. They will not give up until they are defeated. I hope the President will use his bully pulpit to put that in perspective for the uninformed who think that the U.S. has made a mistake and that the war against terrorism is a video game you can wind up before dinner. William H. Files Evansville, Indiana...
There are solutions that can reduce global-warming pollution and preserve a healthy climate for our children. We must invest in innovative clean-energy sources--from wind turbines and solar panels to biofuels such as ethanol--and use off-the-shelf technologies to make more fuel-efficient cars. These technologies will stimulate new markets, reduce our dependence on foreign oil, save consumers money, enhance our national security and reduce global-warming pollution. The time...
...rough day in all senses of the word when the Harvard men’s soccer team took on Brown yesterday at Ohiri Field. With 25-30 mph winds blowing hard, the conditions were far from being ideal and the Crimson was unable to make the best of a bad situation. After a tough game Harvard (4-6-1, 0-3-0 Ivy) fell 3-0 to Brown (8-3-1, 3-0-0) extending its losing streak to five games—a streak the Crimson hasn’t seen since the 2000 season...
...elements that nature has in its back pocket.Against Brown (8-3-1, 3-0-0) yesterday, the Crimson (4-6-1, 0-3-0 Ivy) played with a strategy aimed towards taming the strong gusts of up to 40 mph, but ultimately fell short in its fight against the wind and Bears 3-0. The weather forecast for the day described the wind as 25 mph with gusts possibly reaching higher, and at Ohiri Field these ran parallel to the length of the field.Harvard opened the first half with the wind at its back and looked to take advantage...
...directly, and even those are mediated by literary allusion. As tender as it is to remember visiting her mother being “like starting in on a piece by Beckett,” the epigraph she leaves is bare and cold: “There is so much wind here stones go blank.” The book is penned in defiance of this natural erasure, with Carson’s remembrances acting as a moving apotheosis for their subjects...