Straight Line

To her, all those fans in the stadium are spinning madly about the earth’s axis, hardly what she would call straight-line motion. ❋ Leonard Mlodinow (2001)

I think Toma is starting to understand the straight-line people, the name he sometimes uses to describe outsiders. ❋ PhD Bradford Keeney (2010)

Here's the abridged version of the defensive breakdowns that occured in the second half, according to Bennett: miscommunication, transition miscues, not blocking out, giving up straight-line drives to the basket, letting an opponent post up too easily. ❋ Steve Yanda (2011)

"Many straight-line winds, microbursts, tornadic events, are things that are really not considered in the building codes," he said. ❋ Amy Merrick (2011)

And because of the traditional emphasis in many religious institutions on sexual morality, perhaps it is easier for some people to draw a straight-line connection between beliefs and views on sexual matters, such as abortion or homosexuality. ❋ Unknown (2010)

"We're concerned that the straight-line shot from 3.60% to 3.20% in 10-years is overdone," said analysts at RBS, "and that an overbought correction lurks somewhere in the very near future." ❋ Cynthia Lin (2011)

On a road map of Kansas, the straight-line distance between Wichita and Topeka is 5.75 inches. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Mike Beebe said he had never seen the state suffer so many deaths from straight-line winds. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Joseph Sternberg sounds a warning for companies operating in China " A Businessman's Guide to China's Collapse ," Business Asia, April 7, reminding us to be wary of straight-line forecasts and that China's vulnerabilities continue to be substantial. ❋ Unknown (2011)

The audience pushed me through a few mistakes and, before the last run of the straight-line footwork sequence in my long program, screamed and clapped to the music. ❋ Johnny Weir (2011)

But if the financial meltdown taught us anything, it's that straight-line projection from the past is a poor guide to the future. ❋ Nathan Newman (2011)

English relied mainly on straight-line speed to total 16 tackles for loss and a dozen sacks in 2007 and then added 17 tackles for loss and 11 sacks last year. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Unlike tornadoes, which develop from columns of rotating air, straight-line winds erupt from a thunderstorm in unpredictable downdrafts, then spread across the landscape in all directions. ❋ Unknown (2011)

"As the market no longer sees a straight-line appreciation for the yuan, a lot of Hong Kong exporters receiving yuan as payments are starting to use options to manage their yuan exposure," said Candy Ho , head of yuan business development in the Asia-Pacific region for HSBC Holdings PLC. ❋ Lingling Wei (2011)

Andre Brown, North Carolina State, 6-0, 224: Here is a thick, powerful straight-line runner who can push a pile and break tackles and then run away from people with his speed. ❋ Unknown (2009)