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...wouldn’t make sense.” But if the recruit can score just 20 points higher on the test, he suddenly looks a lot more likely to line up at scrimmage next year. Given his class rank, a 1,250 would push him past the cutoff for the second band, which gets seven slots. An improvement to 1,330 would have an even bigger effect on his chances, pushing him into band number three, from which Harvard can take 13 players. “If [this] kid’s a first-bander, we can?...
...pressure reading of 140/90 mm Hg or higher has a greatly increased risk of suffering a heart attack or stroke or developing kidney problems. But the more scientists learn about how hypertension affects various arteries and organs, the more they realize the damage begins long before that somewhat arbitrary cutoff. This growing awareness prompted the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute (NHLBI) last week to revise its blood-pressure guidelines so that 45 million Americans whose blood pressure is between 120/80 and 139/89--a level that was once considered to be on the high side of normal--will now be told...
Grounders were routinely bobbled and kicked, fly balls were misjudged and cutoff men overthrown. Onlooking junior varsity players groaned, wondering if the team would finish with more errors or runs per game—and sadly, the answer was usually errors...
...frustrating that they could score that much on baserunning,” Walsh said. “But we just need to execute better—the pitchers need to get the ball to the plate quicker, the catcher needs to make a good throw, and on the cutoff play Farkes just has to learn to come through the ball a little bit more...
...there is still a lot of work to be done on both sides. Jan. 27 is just an update, not a cutoff date. The inspection process should continue. It's good the Americans are putting the heat on the Iraqis, and that has yielded results. And I think that pressure should continue. But anybody who understands inspections understands that it takes time. The Security Council understands that this should take something like a year...