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...universally accepted scientific study has proven conclusively that Asians have significantly less capacity than blacks or whites to develop fast-twitch muscle fibers, which help create speed. And what one person believes to be a physical impediment might, of course, be more of a psychological barrier. After all, the Chinese are perennial Olympic favorites in weight lifting, a sport that clearly depends on energy and power. And yet the notion that Asians can't sprint remains widespread?and both Liu and Suetsugu are determined to show that toughness of spirit can bridge the gap. "My physique is poor," says...
...kilogram metal plates that help them build strength. And they use "overspeed" cables, which drag them on a pulley system maneuvered by the coach; the idea is to reduce the brain's resistance to speed?think about running downhill. "It will help the athlete break his speed barrier," St.-Hilaire says. "As fast as he's humanly capable of running, we need to find a way to break that barrier." In other words, mind over body...
...residents of 20 Palestinian villages are preparing to file suit over Israel's construction of the 450-mile security barrier along the edge of the West Bank. But their target is not Israel. The suit charges that officials in Yasser Arafat's Palestinian Authority (P.A.) have profited by importing cement and selling it to Israeli contractors building the wall. Hassan Khreisheh, deputy speaker of the Palestinian Legislative Council, tells TIME he handed a report on the cement deals to Arafat's attorney general and has recommended prosecutions...
...much of about $6 million in profits went to P.A. officials and their connections, but it does accuse several companies, including some owned by the family of Civil Affairs Minister Jamil Tarifi, of profiting from the deal. Tarifi did not return calls requesting comment. Arafat has denounced the barrier, but Abdel Sattar Qassem, a Nablus academic who says he plans to file suit against politicians involved in the deal, says, "The scandal shows that all the Palestinian official statements against the wall are lies." --By Matt Rees and Jamil Hamad
...large lecture, stadium-style learning because it distracts and detaches me from the material,” she wrote. “I haven’t taken a class with Sandel or Summers and don’t know the measures they take to overcome this barrier...