Word: cold
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...they damage their knees." A 70-year-old swimmer looks 50, he maintains, but a 70-year-old runner looks 90. Swimming lowers cholesterol and reduces arthritis pain, he says, and it has strengthened his immune system to the point that he gets barely one cold a year. He recognizes, however, that not everyone will share his devotion. "Nobody has to do what I do--pant, feel your lungs will burst--to get results," he says. "Show up three times a week and swim at 60% effort, and you'll get as much health out of the program...
...staff member of the National Security Council and then as special assistant to the President, Rice helped craft the strategy that brought the cold war to its peaceful end. Now supporters of George W. Bush are repeating Gorbachev's hope. Since bumbling through an embarrassing round of malapropisms and misstatements that raised questions about his ability to lead the world, Bush has turned to a coterie of foreign policy wonks to help mold his views on international affairs (and teach him the difference between Slovakia and Slovenia). This week Bush will get his first chance to show off what...
...triumphal moment for Montgomery, a jowly 75-year-old who was surrounded by fellow veterans of the cold war for a sightseeing tour of Stasi, East Germany's spy agency. The unusual trip through the espionage landmarks of Berlin was part of a conference, "On the Front Lines of the Cold War," sponsored by the CIA's Center for the Study of Intelligence and the Allied Museum in Berlin. "You can't tell the history of the past 50 years in Berlin without the help of intelligence agencies," says Helmut Trotnow, director of the museum...
...only his memories. Adding a patina of covert authenticity, the bulk of the conference took place at Teufelsberg, a once secret complex built on an artificial mountain in a forest near the outskirts of West Berlin. Surmounted by the eerie globes of eavesdropping radio antennas, Teufelsberg was a huge cold war spy station. (These days it's in the hands of local developers, who are hoping to build a spy-themed hotel on the site...
Coming off a 2-1 upset victory over Columbia on Saturday, the Harvard men's soccer team followed through with an equally impressive 1-1 tie with Boston University on a cold and soggy Ohiri Field yesterday afternoon...