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...junior, Bush will probably bypass his final year of college for the NFL's riches (say goodbye to the inmates, Mom). Because he's barely 6 ft. tall and weighs about 200 lbs., skeptics fear his body won't withstand the NFL's pounding. "No question, size has to be a concern," says an NFL general manager. But several smaller backs have succeeded. "If that guy fails in the NFL," says an NFL college-scouting director, "something is wrong." Bush has sold the league's all-time leading rusher. "Aw, come on," says Emmitt Smith of the critics. "They...
...something the mayor pragmatically believes may be impossible for the moment--levees that will protect against Category 5 hurricanes. The Corps of Engineers plans to repair 40 miles of the 300-mile system before the next hurricane season. Nagin won promises from the Corps to rebuild the system to withstand a Category 3 storm "plus some," which means they plan to fix the flaws that reputedly caused the levee breaks that flooded 80% of the city--for as long as four weeks in some areas. The improved levees will be 17 ft. high...
Magnus Grimeland ’07 has stamina: he has endured rigorous sniper training, he goes home to Norway periodically for secret missions, and he can withstand the rigorous scrutiny of the Mather date auction. As a member of the Norwegian Special Forces, he’s just trained that way. And according to his roommate Marc P. Eskenazi ’06-’08, his training can be a perk. “Magnus is like the best friend a guy could have,” he says. “Especially if you need to have...
...technician to Bob Marley ("Get up, stand up; Stand up for your rights!"). He has a beguilingly playful quality as an author, too. At the International Friendship Exhibition, he's shown thousands of foreign gifts to North Korea's founder, the late Kim Il Sung, all housed underground to withstand nuclear attack. Delisle sketches a few scenes that highlight the absurdity of a friendship exhibition in an atomic bunker, but stops short of committing all the details to paper. "There's ... an armored vehicle from Stalin, another from Mao, three fabulous Russian cars from...
...otherwise get the best of us. Take, for example, if at this very meal I had foreseen myself a champion eater and ingested 150 popcorn shrimp. Bad idea. But here is the beauty of writing: on paper, in words, imagination has free reign. The untrue or hypothetical can withstand trial, cannot get the best of you, and folly is permitted. In the spirit of imagination, then, of Wonka-esque creative rendering, permit me this brief flight of fancy: Miles and I are seated at the Scrabble board, prepared to engage in this trivial pursuit, and the competitive juices start flowing...