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...stretches you and he’s a gunslinger,” Amaker said of Wittman. “He catches it and he’s incredibly quick and fast into his shot...he has good size anyway, but he just gets his shot up so quickly...

Author: By Scott A. Sherman, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Trip Has Harvard in Empire State of Mind | 1/29/2010 | See Source »

...take action. The first step that must be taken is to provide a brand of toilet paper that is both comfortable enough to accommodate the discerning buttocks and durable enough to prevent messy private failure. Quality toilet paper can be consumed like caviar—in smaller amounts than fast food but with greater amounts of utility...

Author: By Derrick Asiedu | Title: Tools of the Stool | 1/29/2010 | See Source »

This is a radical shift in the fast-food world, where change is usually very slow to come. Fast-food hamburgers by and large are the same tasteless gray pucks now as they were during the Ford Administration; they just have better commercials and more toppings. Hot dogs are still exactly the same as they were during the Korean War. Nor has gnarly, underseasoned and overcrusted fried chicken improved much. But pizza is growing and breathing; it seems to have a special place in America. Maybe it's because pizza's the most domesticated of all our dishes, meant...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Domino's Mea Culpa and America's Pizza Passions | 1/29/2010 | See Source »

...We’re expecting to have some great races,” Morawski said. “Hopefully we’ll be fast, but we really hope that all the little things we’ve been working on all year will pay off: making sure that we’re holding our streamlines in the water, working our kicks off the wall, and those kinds of things...

Author: By Madeleine Smith, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Undefeated Ivy Trio Set To Square Off | 1/28/2010 | See Source »

...Chinese economy historically outpaces India's by just about every measure. China's fast-acting government implements new policies with blinding speed, making India's fractured political system appear sluggish and chaotic. Beijing's shiny new airport and wide freeways are models of modern development, contrasting sharply with the sagging infrastructure of New Delhi and Mumbai. And as the global economy emerges from the Great Recession, India once again seems to be playing second fiddle. Pundits around the world laud China's leadership for its well-devised economic policies during the crisis, which were so effective in restarting economic growth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: India vs. China: Whose Economy Is Better? | 1/28/2010 | See Source »

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