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...curious thing that happens during the course of an athletic season. You come in to preseason all fired up and ready to play, and after four or five days your body is sore and aching and you just can't wait for school to start so there will only be one practice a day. The first part of the semester is then consumed by games and practices and occasionally classes. You can't wait for the end of the season when you know games will only be once a week so you might have some free time. Finally...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: W. Soccer Will Miss Seniors | 11/23/1998 | See Source »

...FILM & SINGING HAVE IN COMMON] They're curious...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Nov. 23, 1998 | 11/23/1998 | See Source »

...brain has turned to mush, but a study suggests just the opposite: motherhood actually boosts brain power--at least in rats. The surge of hormones during pregnancy seems to cause a proliferation of new growth within tiny brain-cell structures called dendrites. The effect on behavior--mommy rats are curious, bolder and learn mazes more quickly--may be long lasting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Your Health: Nov. 23, 1998 | 11/23/1998 | See Source »

What can we learn from the curious silence of our third group of religionists on this issue? Don't they respect the Bible? Evidently, God thought twig-picking to be just as abominable as homosexuality, as well as cursing your parents or not being a virgin on your wedding night. He did mandate the same punishment for each of these sins...

Author: By Derek C. Araujo, | Title: Twig-Picking and Other Sins | 11/17/1998 | See Source »

Even though scientists expect this month's peak display of Leonids to occur over China, Japan and Southeast Asia--during daylight hours in the U.S.--J.P.L.'s Yeomans suggests that Americans who are curious should scan the early morning skies on both Nov. 17 and Nov. 18. They will certainly see some meteors, he says, and the vagaries of the meteor stream may just present them with a good show. Anyway, he says, celestial circumstances make it unlikely the Leonids will perform much in the next 100 years or so. "Do it now or next November," he urges, "or write...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Meteor Alert | 11/16/1998 | See Source »

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