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...takers in the public market even for those. Half a dozen private foundations bought $14 million of the notes. And the institute recently sold an additional $30 million to $35 million of them. But when it began using the money to fund fellowships at state research facilities, right on cue, opponents went back to court seeking an order refunding at least some of the money to the state treasury. Meanwhile, the influx of talent anticipated to arrive with the 2004 law has ended up being more of an outflow, with some of the country's best scientists being recruited away...
...plot exertions, Marshall has a fight on her penthouse terrace with another scheming scheming woman, who plunges to her death on the sidewalk below. "Fell right on her face," a bystander observes. "They wouldn't be able to tell who it is." Marshall, lurking out of sight, overhears this: cue the identity switch! It's one of those movies where a slight style change keeps people from recognizing the lead character. Superman had his spectacles; Marshall has a new hairdo. The movie needed a makeover...
...Landis implode on Wednesday? "It's not like we can download a cue from his body to see if it was dehydration, if it was heat exhaustion, if it was lack of calories," says Ventura. "The combination of all these things just zapped him completely." Landis' Phonak teammates, or domestiques, deserve part of the blame. They couldn't keep pace to hand him food and water - essential domestique gruntwork. On the steep climbs, you don't want to wait for the team car for food and drink, because you'll have to use even more energy to retreat and return...
...every six months, and countless women are anorexic or bulimic; we too strive to achieve these biologically unattractive standards of beauty. Let’s not forget, of course, our nation’s weary battle with obesity, the other extreme on the spectrum. But obesity, also a visual cue of infertility and unhealthiness, is hardly a worthy goal. The Western world prefers to appear hungry rather than sated. Commonly understood in the fashion industry is the concept that runway models are not the main attraction, but merely human coat hangers, used to display designers’ wares. Inexplicably, these...
...together are the best in the world," Jillette says. "Not just the best in the world. The best there has ever been." Standing up close to the Galchenkos when they juggle is like watching gravity get turned off. There's a moment of stillness, and then, with no obvious cue from either of them, the air is full of flying clubs, spinning in intricate orbits. The Galchenkos' juggling is beautiful--a kind of kinetic sculpture, a bravura display of human determination bringing order to the chaotic physical world. (For video footage of the Galchenkos' juggling, visit time.com/juggling....