Word: backflipping
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Rivalries within the squads are inevitable--between those with boyfriends and those without, between those with money and those with little, between the flyers and the earthbound, between those who can do a standing backflip and those who can't. Beth Hammack, a Euless cheer sponsor, swears that most of the fights revolve around boys: "Junior-high kids are just hormones running around in tennis shoes, "she says with a knowing look. Then there's the perennial friction from freshman "fishes" lording it over the lowly eighth-graders. "My flyer and me got into it again today," says Breanna, whose...
...time they go to school." What did you learn today? "Quality teaching is a passport out of poverty." "You don't need a safety net unless you're turning Medicare into a high-wire act, and families are at risk of falling off." Waiting-list nation. howard backflip on m.p.s' super. The Opportunity Express. "The Australia I believe in is a big country. Big in size, big in spirit, big in character." Man boobs. "You will never hear me call Australia a deputy sheriff." Troops home from Iraq by Christmas. LATHAM CLOSE TO TEARS OVER RUMORS. "I didn't have...
...break in less than an hour. That is because you use them, along with the rest of your body, to maneuver through the game. To start, you crouch; to turn left, you lean left; and to jump, you literally jump up in the air. You can even do a backflip by rolling your arms in circles. Feeling dizzy? Stick your arms out to the side to stop...
What sets AntiGrav apart from earlier EyeToy titles is its appeal to both casual and serious gamers alike. Previous titles, on the other hand, suffered for appealing only to novices. In AntiGrav, however, mastering complex tricks like the gravitron (that's a backflip plus a 360° spin to the right) takes skill. The better you get, the more you are rewarded with surprises and new challenges. On a level called the Aerodome, for example, you ride through man-made lava, ice and jungles. In the Falls, you soar past waterfalls and skyscrapers. As you jump and duck, flip and soar...
Last week, a rather small weight lifter named Shi Zhiyong ambled onto a stage in Athens and heaved an Olympic record 152.5 kg before catapulting himself into an ecstatic backflip when he realized he had struck gold in the 62-kg competition. The 1.6-m Chinese athlete, who wistfully lists his hobby in the Chinese sports-delegation handbook as "food"?he had to shed 4 kg in four days to make the qualifying weight in Athens?later apologized for what he modestly considers his underwhelming physique. "I think my muscles are kind of small," says Shi, his compact body rippling...