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  • If Tommy Lee Jones' 4 mph estimation of footspeed from the Fugitive would've been at all accurate last night, Holly could've made the trip 3 times on foot in the 7+ hours it took her to drive.

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  • There are a number of reasons for that – good protection, quick release – but one of the reasons is that Manning, for a guy without much footspeed, is very good at avoiding the rush.

    Matthew Yglesias » Payton Manning Won My Heart 2010

  • Further, as Dr. Goldstein might say, my best guess is that human footspeed was always a helpful thing in most places and times and we have all been under strong selection to be as fast as we can be.

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  • Further, as Dr. Goldstein might say, my best guess is that human footspeed was always a helpful thing in most places and times and we have all been under strong selection to be as fast as we can be.

    Geneticist: Can’t Find Nuthin’ 2008

  • Further, as Dr. Goldstein might say, my best guess is that human footspeed was always a helpful thing in most places and times and we have all been under strong selection to be as fast as we can be.

    VDARE.com: Blog Articles » Print » Geneticist: Can’t Find Nuthin’ 2008

  •  Zola's footspeed had already dwindled to pathetic trickery, and now it was reduced to kicking away at the litter of defaced betting tickets slowly drifting across the floor.

    zola V mann eamon byrne 2010

  • And in terms of pure footspeed, he could certainly run a fast break with the best of them.

    Matthew Yglesias » Old School 2007

  • But, I felt better about it once I remembered that my superior footspeed and mental acuity would be balanced your blubbery girth.

    Olberman On Coulter « UDreamOfJanie 2006

  • The best tribes, not just in terms of strength, footspeed and resistance to disease, but also in management and maintenance of healthy tribal societies, would be the ones who send genes on to the future.

    Wake up, and smell the controversy - The Panda's Thumb 2005

  • The best tribes, not just in terms of strength, footspeed and resistance to disease, but also in management and maintenance of healthy tribal societies, would be the ones who send genes on to the future.

    Wake up, and smell the controversy - The Panda's Thumb 2005

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