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With two straight personal-best performances already under her belt, McLoon has high hopes for the rest of the season...
...XXXL Americans and making their lives easier rather than trying to change them. "I'm not handicapped by my body," asserts Elizabeth Fisher, 42, a 350-lb. computer programmer in Baton Rouge, La., who made headlines when she tried (and failed) to force Honda to provide her with seat-belt extenders for her new Odyssey. "I'm handicapped by stuff that's too small." That situation is beginning to change as more companies modify their products and services to win business from bigger customers. Among the shifts under...
...deal sensitively with the obese. As a result, the company has won kudos at the many websites where overweight activists share their experiences and advice. When a customer approaches a turnstile that is obviously too small, Disney employees move quietly to open wheelchair gates. They discreetly pass out seat-belt extenders on some rides and steer large folk away from others, like Indiana Jones, that might prove dangerous to them. The company also stocks scooters and wide electric wheelchairs. "Disney World may not be perfect, but it's as close to heaven as a fat person can get," says Wanda...
...terror he had endured all his life. "Through the suicide attacks, this conflict has become tangible for the Israelis," he says. "The same fear which our mothers feel for their children and husbands is now among them." In the end, Said never got the order to don the explosives belt. On April 2, just days after his last interview with Sabbah, he was killed in a shoot-out with Israeli troops who stormed the Jenin refugee camp. Sabbah, who learned of Said's death three months later, doesn't think the young Palestinian would have been sorry...
...committed so many homicides they've lost count." A verdict in the Dell'Utri trial, which began in 1997, is expected by the end of 2003, with the Senator facing a maximum of 12 years. As for Giuffrè, who authorities believe has more than 40 murders under his belt but will likely see several life sentences reduced for his cooperation, the next stop is as a witness in the Mafia-association trial of former seven-time Prime Minister Giulio Andreotti. Giuffrè, no doubt, will again testify with his back to the judges...