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...combined," says Derek Parra, a 2002 speedskating gold medalist who is now one of the coaches for the U.S. team. "And we were scratching our heads at the table, wondering how we are going to get through the rest of the year. It's tough." (See TIME's photo-essay "What Becomes of Olympic Stadiums...
...same reason ice cubes slowly wilt away in a frost-free freezer). That happens all the time, but if there's less precipitation to build the glaciers back up, which may be the case here, the result is a net loss of ice. (See TIME's photo-essay "This Fragile Earth...
...shelling from nearby destroyers but mostly to the courage and determination of the infantry. That's one of the lessons of Antony Beevor's glorious, horrifying D-Day (Viking; 592 pages): the purpose of valor is usually to make up for somebody else's stupidity. (See TIME's photo-essay "Faces...
...having to urinate through a funnel. The closest she comes to complaining is when Putnam is renting her out to sell everything from luggage to waffle irons, a zippy little montage that reminds you how much fun Nair (Monsoon Wedding, The Namesake) can have behind the camera. (Read an essay by Mira Nair...
...cucumber sandwich. The movie insists that Earhart make peace with her marriage before going off to die, as if we wouldn't be able to mourn the demise of an active adulterer. Even this most unconventional of heroines has to be conventional in the end. (See TIME's photo-essay "Oscar's Youngest Best Actress Nominees...