What matters is not so much how fast the legs can move, but how much force they can exert on the ground.
Western parents are usually horrified at the pressure the tiger mums exert on their children to get better grades or become concert violinists, preferably before puberty.
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It contributed important new understanding on subjects such as the chemistry of the protective ozone layer and the cooling effect volcanoes can exert on the global climate.
Rijkaard denied the meeting with the referee but any influence he tried to exert on match official Pierluigi Collina at Stamford Bridge did not go down well with Mourinho.
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Mr. ROMNEY: No authorities of my church will ever exert influence on presidential decisions.
Soon after, Bronfman started using his political leverage--he's a contributor to both U.S. political parties--to exert pressure on the Swiss.
Councils are making these points as strongly as they can in order to exert pressure on the government in two ways.
Third, the international community must exert pressure on both the Syrian regime and the opposition to ensure the safety of Syria's treasures.
Grundfest used Massey Energy, which operates mines throughout Appalachia, as an example of how shareholders can exert power on a company through corporate governance.
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Mr Hain said the report concluded that the PUP had not done as much as it should to exert influence on the groups to end such activities.
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Washington and Moscow -- along with their regional allies -- will need to exert pressure on the Syrian opposition and regime respectively to come to the negotiating table.
Even when institutional investors like pension funds try to work within the system, using their significant, long-term shareholder standing to exert influence on corporate boards, they have been turned back.
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, speaking for President Bush, found it necessary to exert pressure on Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert for at least a partial suspension of Israeli air strikes.
Berke thinks the dispute will be settled sooner rather than later, especially since politicians love to get involved and exert pressure on such issues, all in the name of serving the public.
This reflects the remarkable emergence and transformation of a Korean family group dating to 1896, and how a growth region thousands of miles away can exert pull on North Asian corporate mainstays.
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"We discussed the wicket with the teams who played before us (South Africa and West Indies) and thought that if we made a reasonable total we could exert pressure on Pakistan, " said Vettori.
So if he's guarding someone like West, we're going to call plays for him in order to make him exert energy on both ends and not just save it all for the offensive end.
Lady Bakewell says she intends to use her new role at Birkbeck - which specialises in evening and part-time courses and is part of the University of London - to exert pressure on government to support part-time higher education.
But with all attention on Iraq, it seems unlikely that outsiders will exert serious pressure on the regime.
Glencore said China is reviewing its proposed merger with Xstrata with a focus on whether the combined company would exert too much influence on China's copper market.
Players will need to keep abreast of the latest news, register to vote via a streamlined application on the Rock the Vote website and exert subtle peer pressure on their fence-leaning friends.
Exercise appears to exert similar effects on brain function by boosting insulin sensitivity and fighting inflammation.
Nor is it clear whether he will continue to exert great influence on Kosovo's nationalists.
In 1999, a parliamentary inquiry concluded that it could not prove that masons exert improper influence on public life.
The six teams in the GSA can exert considerable pressure on concessionaires like Sodexho and Aramark, that will yield immediate results.
Others argue that the unrest is a simple matter of criminality, where parents failed to exert enough influence on their offspring, he adds.
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Netanyahu and his government will have to exert unrelenting pressure on the U.S. and individual European governments to end their recognition of Hamas.
But for all that, from the beginning, Mr Gilder's messianic intensity and relentless optimism exert a grip on the reader that never lets go.
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