Middle-distance races are set apart from the sprint (dash) races of 200 metres (about 650 feet) or less by the pacing required; dashes are run at top speed the entire length of the race, whereas middle-distance races require that the athletes maintain a plateau pace that allows for a final spurt of speed, or kick.
But without dismissing these causes for worry and even alarm, every so often one has to sit back in amazement at the abundance, the quality and the variety of this city's musical life, especially at times like now, when the season, nearing its close, rouses itself for a final spurt of activity.
The combined craft took the long way to Saturn, with close flybys of Venus and Earth for a gravitational boost to get to Jupiter, which in turn, supplied the final spurt of energy to reach Saturn.
Critics on the left, however, say that Mr. Obama has hurt the current effort to pass a final spurt of stimulus spending and tax cuts by his rhetorical emphasis on cutting future deficits, along with recent policies for a three-year freeze on domestic appropriations, more power to rescind spending and his bipartisan fiscal commission to recommend ways to shrink the long-term debt.
Analysts are not quite sure whether the agreement between Heinz and Del Monte represents the final spurt of the old cycle or a glimmer of a new one.
It was anyone's game until that final spurt as Boise State stayed with the Bearcats on their home court.
After trailing at halftime, 25-24, and then through most of the second half, Rutgers made its final spurt on a 3-pointer by Tasha Pointer.
It paused in its acceleration, as if taking a big breath before the final spurt.
ÂMaking that final spurt, the last effort in a race.
Behrajan gave a final spurt and....was suddenly pipped by a neck on the post by the 14-1 shothethe grey What's Up Boys.
It is not known what sets off the final spurt, or why the plant expends all of its energy and resources in the process.
