Word: wising
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...Today first detailed the Christian imprint on the Rockies, whose 21-1 run on the way to the World Series brought a historic high to Colorado. "I don't want to offend anyone," Rockies chairman and CEO Charlie Monfort said at the time, "but I think character-wise we're stronger than anyone in baseball. Christians, and what they've endured, are some of the strongest people in baseball. I believe God sends signs; we're seeing those...
...Most bands that compromise their careers for their education also compromise their sound and talent,” he said. “But this band is wise enough to go after both...
...mass-market Western world, those aspects of yoga have largely been jettisoned, and the physical is marketed as a hot new form of calisthenics. Used skillfully, the physical elements offer benefits such as enhanced flexibility, agility and body awareness. Used unskillfully, they can - not surprisingly - damage muscles and ligaments. Wise practitioners will proceed gently and carefully under a good teacher and eventually look beyond the physical to yoga's deeper potentials. Roger Walsh, M.D., Ph.D.,Professor, Psychiatry Department, University of California College of Medicine, Irvine, Calif...
...know, Dumbledore had no fully realized romance in all his 115 years--just a lifetime spent around children and, for the seven years we know him, a fascination with the boy Potter. That's pathetic and frustratingly stereotypical. It's difficult to believe someone as wise and sane as Dumbledore couldn't find at least one wizard his age to take to the Three Broomsticks...
...team’s improvement over the course of the season was evident at Albany, where Olson, Richardson and Ives broke the eighteen-minute barrier for the first time in their careers. The rookies led their team to a first-place finish at the meet. “Training-wise, a lot of us have improved this year,” Olson said. That improvement will be crucial over the next two races, as Harvard will compete in its most critical meets of the season, Heptagonals tomorrow and NCAA Regionals on Nov. 10. “No matter what...