Word: lengthening
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...have been on to something. This year some of the best jumpers on the hills at Courchevel will be flying with their skis forming an ungainly but aerodynamic V shape. As innovator Jan Boklov, a Swede, has demonstrated, jumping in this manner improves lift and can lengthen jumps 16 to 23 ft. But "the landings are tougher," says French jumper Steeve Delaup. "You lose more control." He favors the traditional style...
...circumstances -- a fertile couple having intercourse at the optimum moment in the woman's cycle -- it fails 3 times out of 4. When conditions are less than ideal -- when the woman is over 35, for example, or the man's sperm is defective or in short supply -- the odds lengthen dramatically...
...tone of the article suggested that The Crimson would find fault with the UC no matter what agenda is pursued. In reference to a UC survey given to guage support for last spring's calender reform resolution to lengthen intersession this year, I was shocked to read that "If the Council believed it was truly a representative body, then it would not have needed to survey its constituents...
...months. When the planet is nearest earth, it tugs the pulsar in our direction, and the distance that the radio pulse travels to reach us starts to get shorter. Three months later, the planet pulls the pulsar the other way, and the distance the pulse must travel begins to lengthen...
Besides, Bok speaks at Commencement every year anyway. If the Alumni Association wants to give him special recognition--which is appropriate--then it should lengthen his speech. We seniors are certainly not going to mind spending an extra half hour basking in glory at Tercentary Theater--as long as we get to hear a luminary as well...