That first glimpse was surprising — the stout, pale-skinned woman in sturdy sandals, standing squarely a half-step ahead of the lithe, darker-skinned figure to her left.
At a Diamond League meet in Doha, Qatar, he won the 100 in 9.87 seconds, beating Asafa Powell of Jamaica and thrusting himself squarely into the spotlight ahead of the trials.
According to a new poll from CBS News, Hillary Clinton has gained four percentage points of support and Donald Trump shed three more, placing the Democrat squarely (if only just slightly) ahead of the GOP nominee heading into the final stretch this fall.
But just as the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Locog) was forced to defend the involvement of contentious sponsors such as Dow ahead of the Olympics, it has stood squarely behind Atos ahead of the Paralympics.
Intertwining the story of a North Carolina rodeo bull-rider's new fling with a wartime courtship in flashback, it opened at $13m Stateside – just ahead of cult Ryan Gosling weepie The Notebook and squarely in the middle of the scale for a Sparks adaptation.
"And don't you ever bless anybody when they sneeze?" As she stepped cautiously, duck-footed, down the steps ahead of him, David had an ugly temptation to plant his foot squarely between her shoulders and deliver a powerful kick.
He skated down the right side and, when the goalie faced him squarely, dropped his shoulder to shoot, but stopped instead, and passed the puck to Brad Richards, who was a step ahead of the Washington defenseman and looking at nothing but twine.
Republicans say they like that contrast, and their language ahead of the vote on a motion just to take up the Buffett Rule was harsh and aimed squarely at Mr. Obama, who first proposed a 30-percent tax rate floor for anyone earning at least $1 million a year last September.
