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...make him so accurate? Well, he can't be stressed or he will automatically be upset. You get him used to the surroundings. You coax him, you practice having camera people around him. He gets used to it. Also, he always maintains eye contact with me and that reassures him. We have that kind of relationship...
...outstanding play was none the more obvious when it counted most. Rosen was able to get to the hoop, draw contact, and make two free throws with the score tied 56-56 with less than two minutes to play. He then sealed the game with two more clutch free throws with 34 second left...
People expect a lot from science—that it will eradicate disease, put us in contact with aliens, create robots that do our laundry—but the claims sometimes border on extravagant. In a New York Times essay this week, Dennis Overbye continues this trend by arguing that science (what he calls the “most successful human activity of all time”) elevates democracy. Because science does not purport to provide ethical guidance, he says, it transcends the divisions of culture and creed to bring people together...
...flew his bright yellow Bell 407 helicopter to the hospital, picked up the patient, and took off for Houston at 2:46 a.m. Two minutes later, Kirby was flying 600 ft. above dense forest at 122 m.p.h., near the spot where the first pilot aborted. Kirby lost radio contact with the hospital in Houston. His helicopter dropped suddenly, to 100 ft. Its rotor sliced into thick pine trees. The cabin smashed into three pieces and landed upside down, drenched in jet fuel. Kirby, the patient and two medical crew members died. (See a story about water landings...
...Silent" approach: "[The interrogator] says nothing to the source, but looks him squarely in the eye, preferably with a slight smile on his face. It is important not to look away from the source but force him to break eye contact first. The source may become nervous, begin to shift in his chair, cross and re-cross his legs, and look away. He may ask questions, but the [interrogator] should not answer until he is ready to break the silence. The source may blurt out questions such as, "Come on now, what do you want with me?" When the [interrogator...