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...hard work and commitment can do, an example of perseverance,” co-captain Jeremy Lin says. “There aren’t many people who would have continued to work and continued to come back from all the injuries and setbacks that he had to face, so the fact that he’s been through it all and is still going strong is a testament to his character...
Although he’s faced plenty of obstacles, Magnarelli has become stronger for it in the end, setting an example for anyone who has or will face similar challenges...
...It’s nice to always be able to win and have things always go your way. But it’s important to be able to face adversity and be able to lose and try to come back from that,” Magnarelli says...
Still, it's the bikers who usually face the worst injuries. Crash scenes involving racing bikes usually cover a large area compared with other accidents because helmets, shoes and body parts are thrown everywhere, he said. "I've never seen a crash at speeds higher than 100 that people have walked away from," he said. "I don't even like talking about it. It is graphic, graphic, graphic." It doesn't help that Florida repealed a mandatory helmet law for motorcyclists a decade ago. There were more than 500 Florida motorcyclist deaths in 2008 - compared with...
...beginning of the Ahmadinejad era has given way to a stagnant property market and tight limits on bank lending in an effort to rein in prices. Ahmadinejad also dissolved economic-planning organizations and dismissed officials with economic expertise. Managers in Iran's near paralyzed manufacturing sector now face the immediate problem of how to fill the gaps in their end-of-year accounts under a cloud of unpaid government debts and declining demand...