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...muscles and plugged the other end of a cord into a laptop computer. The object was to generate a spike on the monitor by flexing the right muscle. I jerked, twitched and turned my stump. Nothing happened. I pumped again, hunting for the right spot, but the monitor stayed blank. When I grew frustrated, Katie had me close my eyes to map the muscle in my mind. I contracted. She let out a cheer...
...after another.” During the first half, Mann shined against the counterattack attempts, coming off her line to make three key stops on possible breakaways. Mann also came up with a diving save on a shot from six feet out during the 26th minute, deflecting the point-blank St. Mary’s strike out wide. While Mann was quiet during the second half and first overtime, she once again came up big in the second extra frame, this time with five seconds left in the game. Gael striker Mika Matsui broke through and seemed to have...
...watershed opportunity created by Mayor Anthony Williams' stepping down after eight years on the job. Just over 32% of D.C. voters bothered to show up at polling places Tuesday. And unlike in neighboring, affluent Montgomery County, Md., where a series of screwups left voters writing their choices down on blank paper for officials to collect and count later, there were no long lines or busted machines keeping people away. Preliminary statistics show overall turnout in D.C. was actually lower this year than in 2002, when the incumbent Williams ran without serious opposition and had to organize a write-in campaign...
...familiarity they've got, thanks to the staggering success of the tabloids. Instead of the escapist "insert yourself here" print ads and commercials featuring the (relatively) blank canvas of a model, we're met with a face so familiar that we know not only the box-office stats of her last movie but also the names of her children and which coffee chain she prefers. And given that the financial stakes are so high?with Oscar winners demanding beauty contracts worth up to $12 million a pop?the question is, Is she really worth...
...sent Jamie some pictures and talked up my brand to her, which I described as being a perfect blank slate?one that had been building equity not only because I write about myself ad nauseam but also because I talk about myself ad nauseam to my friends and family...