Word: speeding
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McKibben says that he believes that it is possible to find a solution to the global warming problem. People who "figured out how you could build an airplane that can fly eight times the speed of sound" can invent a way to survive without damaging the planet, he says...
...have recourse to the Blodgett Pool are aware of my frequent presence. Most change lanes when they witness my wide-angled progress and tortoise-rate speed. On my part, nothing has troubled me less than sharing the pool with the young women who arrive with their even more youthful offspring and thus escape for an hour or so into exceptionally vigorous relaxation. It is my strong impression that their young are free from any serious risk and are otherwise of no trouble or embarrassment to anyone. I plead strongly for a reconsideration of the rule which precludes what is surely...
...Braden has never met a sport he didn't like. He runs a ski college in Aspen, and has made volleyball and badminton instructional videotapes. Using high-speed cameras and computers, he has analyzed and critiqued the techniques of such star athletes as baseball's Reggie Jackson, pro-football quarterback Steve Grogan and Olympic stars Al Oerter (discus throw) and Edwin Moses (hurdles). In tennis, his coaching helped launch the careers of Tracy Austin, Eliot Teltscher and Jim Pugh (a mixed-doubles winner at Wimbledon this year...
Working with Gideon Ariel, an Israeli ex-Olympic athlete and computer expert, Braden has wired people and fitted out his tennis courts with high- speed cameras, sensors and other gadgets that feed data into computers. His goal is to discover what really happens while an athlete is in action, and to use that knowledge to improve performance. An example: although Braden is a foremost advocate of top spin in tennis, he has proved, contrary to conventional wisdom, that tennis players who roll their racquets "over" the ball to impart top spin not only waste energy but also unnecessarily risk "tennis...
Nonetheless, U.S. automakers insist that California standards would become burdensome if adopted nationwide. GM's Stempel argued that the stricter requirements would raise car prices in regions that are free of smog. Declared a Chrysler spokesman: "If you lived in Resume Speed, N. Dak., you would be paying for a piece of equipment that you simply did not need to keep your air clean...