Word: dashingly
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...always, Co-Captain Meredith Rainey ran a very relaxed 400-meter dash and coasted her way to a 58.00 and yet another first place finish...
Another loss of points occured in the 100-meter dash, where Horner was disqualified on a false start. It probably cost the Crimson a first-place finish, since the winning time was much slower than Horner's personal record...
...breaks today," Haggerty said, "but at least it tells us where we are, more so than the women. I was very pleased with Eric Rahe's performance, and John Mee had a good day, as well, taking first in the 200-meter dash...
...Feld show is a mixture of world-class performances, a sensory overload of color and music, and roller-coaster pacing. Calculating that the attention span of the average child is about 8 1/2 minutes, he cuts most acts to their best eight. Feld's formula includes a dash of gimmickry to pack 'em in. In 1985 it was the "Living Unicorn," a goat whose horns had been surgically fused. The stunt drew criticism from animal-rights activists but boosted ticket sales by more than 20%. Says Feld: "P.T. Barnum would have been proud...
...meantime he was stymied, chafing at his comparative powerlessness as a Congressman. He was also made uncomfortable by his promise to Texas voters to volunteer for combat if war was declared. After Pearl Harbor, Johnson did ask for a leave of absence from the House, but he did not dash into battle. Caro meticulously records L.B.J.'s attempts to gain desk jobs in Washington and his junkets up and down the West Coast inspecting Naval facilities. Finally, facing political humiliation, he flew to the Pacific, went along as an observer on a bombing run in New Guinea, spent...