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...runners not as famous as other athletes? There's no money in it. To get on a bike and look like Lance Armstrong, you're going to drop $8,000 or more. If you're an ultra-runner, you buy one pair of shoes. Tony Krupicka, one of the greatest young ultra-runners, has worn the same pair of crappy, cross-country flats for the past six years. It's actually one of the big debates in ultra-racing right now: some of the top competitors want there to be prize money, but the second money gets into...
...baby-friendly content or shows geared toward adults - television by nature is a passive medium that hampers rich social interaction. Even when parents and children interacted actively while watching TV together, the net effect of having it turned on, for a few minutes or hours, was a drop in vocalizations. On average, the study found, when the TV is switched on, youngsters spend more time in silence and solitude than they do in active social interaction. "At minimum, the findings should give parents pause," says Christakis, noting that in 30% of American households, the television is on most...
...million. Smithsonian did what sequels often do: pull a great first weekend from brand recognition, then subside more severely than the original. That's the rule to which there are few exceptions. The current exception, Star Trek, was the only one of the session's top six holdovers to drop less than 50% from last week, enabling it to become the first 2009 release to cross the $200 million mark at the North American box office...
...that “x” is not just a letter, asking Big Tony his SAT score). And if you ever get down on yourself, the good news is that there will be another day for success, unless _____ (you’re a JV sport at Harvard, you drop out at 14, you never get out of prison).The second lesson is that you should always try to reach out to those who are different from you. You are among a small percentage of Americans who are _____ (college-educated, former students of Mrs. Edison, in charge of the prison...
...speed rail link between Madrid and Barcelona that cut intercity travel time to 21⁄2 hours has grabbed 50% of that market. Similar effects have been seen in Paris-Lyon, Paris-Brussels and Hamburg-Berlin transport links, where domination by fast trains has led airlines to reduce or drop services altogether. "When travel time is two hours or less, high-speed rail wins 90% market share [against] airplanes," says SNCF's Faugère. "It's little wonder airlines like Air France are considering starting their own high-speed rail services to win some of the business back, something...