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...growth. The Corporation ballooned in the 1990s, adding staff (numbers peaked at more than 27,000 in 2004; they now stand at 23,000 before the new cuts take effect) and diversifying its operations and output. In came the rolling news service BBC News 24 along with a commercial arm, BBC Worldwide. The drive for ratings intensified...
Alan Gentry stood by his ball off the seventh fairway and took a few practice swings. He had no club in his hand. Like any other golfer, he was grooving a perfect shot in his mind before selecting the proper stick. But unlike most, he had no right arm in his socket. So when a car drove by Gentry as he warmed up, four heads whipped back to catch the sight. Did you see that? Was that guy actually warming up with one arm...
...golfers who gathered in Las Vegas in October for the North American One-Armed Golfer Association championships will tell you they're used to the stares. But keep looking, and you'll find some of the most inspiring play on the planet. Golf is frustrating enough with two arms. "Having one arm is difficult for balance, hard for timing and hard for getting the clubhead in the right spot at impact," says Mike Altman, head pro at Stallion Mountain Country Club in Las Vegas, which hosted the one-armed players' tournament. "And these guys do it for 18 holes...
...Comments from student leaders, however, revealed a divide in opinion between those groups that regularly host events on-campus and those who host events at off-campus locales traditionally exempt from the University’s long arm. Harvard’s final clubs, as well as student organizations that own property or regularly host parties off-campus, were reluctant to comment on the matter, citing ongoing talks with the administration. One final club president, who, like others quoted in this article, was granted anonymity to preserve relations with College administrators, says that “Harvard is trying...
...getting to be more and more of an international issue. For me, it is an issue of free speech in Turkey, that the Turks should be able to talk about this, no matter what you say...I think it is upsetting that this issue can be an arm-wrestling issue internationally, rather than a moral issue of freedom of speech in Turkey,” he replied, to applause. Pamuk, whose works have been translated into over fifty languages, spoke to the universal power of literature. “A sentence is a sort of an episteme, a sort...