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...Payne says. “My body hasn’t done explosive exercises for two years and I was expecting to come back at a higher level than I did. It was really humbling for me to realize, ‘Hey, I’m not the fastest guy anymore, I’m not the strongest guy anymore, I’m not doing as well as I was before. I’m actually subpar.’ I really had to start working again...
...first and most obvious step is to allow voters to register and vote online. The Internet is the fastest and cheapest way to collect votes, and it is available to most Americans in schools, homes, offices and public libraries. Best of all, with the Internet, people can vote from anywhere in the country, eliminating the need for absentee ballots. More Harvard students vote for the Undergraduate Council than vote in city, state and national elections, even though—sorry if I’m biased—the council has much, much less impact on our daily lives than...
...much for that Governor's Mansion in the Window? Got a couple extra million dollars hanging around that you just don't know what to do with? Try running for governor - these days, it's one of the fastest and most efficient money-burning activity on earth. This year, candidates across the country are spending record amounts of cash (sometimes double or triple what's been seen before) on extremely tight races. Wealthy donors are giving them a helping hand, much to the chagrin of voters, who are now stuck watching endless campaign commercials and praying for November...
...guess what? Wind is becoming more than a quixotic sideshow. It's now the world's fastest growing power source--a high-tech challenge to the coal mines, oil rigs, nuclear reactors and hydroelectric dams that seem, well, so 20th century. Experts say wind could provide up to 12% of the earth's electricity within two decades. Wind farms in Texas, Oregon, Kansas and elsewhere helped lift U.S. wind-energy output 66% last year, and an additional $3 billion in American projects are in the works. "Wind is competitive," wrote Mark Moody-Stewart, the former chairman of Royal Dutch/Shell...
...Phillips was not the fastest man with a buck. One reason Cash and Perkins left Sun for Columbia was that Phillips paid 3-percent royalties instead of the standard 5 percent. The boss retired a rich man - not from selling Sun Records, which he did in the late '60s, but because he was an original shareholder in another mid-century Memphis business, Holiday Inns...