Word: chalks
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...best of bubbly. Two days should suffice for an even-paced visit that includes the essential comforts (great food and lodging) and exciting champagne. Experience the Grande Marques - the Clicquots, Moëts and others that make world-class, world-famous wines. Art lovers should visit the impressive chalk caves of Champagne Pommery in the town of Reims, where edgy art installations and Art Nouveau carvings complement the 20 million bottles of champagne resting inside. While most wineries are open to visitors, some houses, like Krug, Salon and Bollinger, are open only by appointment, and it helps to know someone...
...days should suffice for an even-paced visit that includes the essential comforts (great food and lodging) and exciting champagne. Experience the Grande Marques--the Clicquots, Moets and others that make world-class, world-recognized wines. Art lovers should visit the impressive chalk caves of Champagne Pommery in the town of Reims, where edgy art installations and Art Nouveau carvings adorn the 20 million bottles of champagne resting inside. While most wineries are open to visitors, some houses, like Krug, Salon and Bollinger, are open only by appointment, and it helps to know someone...
...hands are covered with calluses and blisters. "Weight lifting isn't too much fun, but it's my job," she says. "My coach tells me that no matter how many times you fail, if you succeed once, that's good enough." Watching Xu shuffle up to the barbell, rub chalk onto her torn hands and clean-and-jerk 40 kg above her 33-kg body, Lin Zhiyi, a former swimmer and current Weilun administrator, shakes his head. "Weight lifting is terrible for these girls' bodies, especially their backs," he says. "But as long as it earns China medals, their sacrifice...
...better designed for sports that required dexterity and precision. Hence China's dominance in gymnastics and diving, Japan's killer hold in judo or South Korea's command over archery and Taekwondo. Asians sometimes performed respectably in middle- and long-distance track competitions, but there was a tendency to chalk this up to mental toughness, not their natural physical gifts. "Asians are not as inherently talented in sports that require speed, energy and power," contends Wei Hongquan, a publicity official with China's State General Administration of Sport. Even Suetsugu himself appears to give credence to these stereotypes, lamenting...
...would be easy to chalk up the entire family squabble to racism. After all, a primary reason the Hemings liaison was widely doubted before the DNA results were published was that testimony from former black slaves was dismissed by white historians as unreliable gossip. Blacks were not the only ones who supported the story, however. Numerous white journalists in Jefferson's time reported the story and believed it to be true. Jefferson's fellow Founding Father John Adams, who had seen Hemings' beauty firsthand (she was known as "Dashing Sally"), also seemed to believe that Jefferson had had an affair...