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Interesting Daily Article on Stanford's "Meteoric Rise" - Oasis - 01-04-2013

http://www.stanforddaily.com/2013/01/02/road-to-the-roses-a-look-at-stanfords-meteoric-rise-to-college-footballs-elite/

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Re: Interesting Daily Article on Stanford's "Meteoric Rise" - yvonne - 01-04-2013

Why do people say "meteoric rise"? Meteors fall.

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Re: Interesting Daily Article on Stanford's "Meteoric Rise" - jayasena - 01-04-2013

(01-04-2013, 06:43 PM)Yvonne link Wrote:Why do people say "meteoric rise"? Meteors fall.

Maybe when a meteor gets untracked... never mind.

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Re: Interesting Daily Article on Stanford's "Meteoric Rise" - Kathy - 01-04-2013

(01-04-2013, 06:43 PM)Yvonne link Wrote:Why do people say "meteoric rise"? Meteors fall.

From Merriam-Webster Unabridged, definition 3:
Main Entry: me·te·or·ic   
Function: adjective

3: resembling a meteor in brilliance, rapidity, or short duration

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Re: Interesting Daily Article on Stanford's "Meteoric Rise" - yvonne - 01-07-2013

I know the definition. It's the rationale behind the definition that I don't understand.

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Re: Interesting Daily Article on Stanford's "Meteoric Rise" - oman - 01-07-2013

(01-04-2013, 06:43 PM)Yvonne link Wrote:Why do people say "meteoric rise"? Meteors fall.

Chief Scientist: I agree with those who say we could launch a pod.
Lyndon Johnson: A pot?
Chief Scientist: A POD - a, uh, capsule. Now, we would be in full control of zis pod. It vill go up like a cannonball, and come down like, uh, a cannonball, splashing down into ze water, the ocean, vith a parachute to spare the life of the specimen inside.
Lyndon Johnson: Spaceman?
Chief Scientist: SPE-CI-MEN.
Lyndon Johnson: Well, what kind of spe-ci-men?
Chief Scientist: A tough one. Responsive to orders. I had in mind a jimp.
Lyndon Johnson: JIMP? Well what the HELL is a jimp?
Chief Scientist: A jimp. A-a-a jimpanzee, Senator. An ape.

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Re: Interesting Daily Article on Stanford's "Meteoric Rise" - oman - 01-07-2013

Okay, under what rationale would someone give Yvonne negative rep for posing the question about meteoric?

(Other than general payback?)

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Re: Interesting Daily Article on Stanford's "Meteoric Rise" - Cardinal96 - 01-07-2013

(01-07-2013, 03:59 PM)oman link Wrote:Okay, under what rationale would someone give Yvonne negative rep for posing the question about meteoric?

(Other than general payback?)

Positive / negative rep on this site often makes no sense to me.  I have seen posts given negative rep for no reason I could ascertain.

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