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...different for me because I had knee surgery in August and then had to get a cortisone shot and take time off to heal a shoulder injury in January,” she explained.But besides her personal struggle with injury, Clarke also had to contend with an unusually fast field, mainly due to the upcoming trials for the Beijing Olympics.She completed the event in 16:25.19, seven seconds slower than her school-record swim at the Georgia Invitational. Emily Brunemann of Michigan won in 15:53.69.Clarke also competed in the 500-yard freestyle, placing 68th with a time...
...little hard to lose yourself in something that doesn't pause long enough for you to get lost. But then, judging R.E.M. by the acoustics of their back catalog may no longer be fair. The band is finally headed in a new direction, and getting there fast...
Spicy chicken and wildly extravagant living are what Louisiana native Al Copeland will be best remembered for. The founder of the fast-food chain Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits, Copeland stumbled at first with a bland recipe but found success in 1972 when he used local Cajun flavors. His business ideas didn't always produce results, particularly in the case of his 1989 purchase of Church's Chicken, which ended in bankruptcy. Yet whatever his success, he wasn't shy about public displays of wealth, indulging in over-the-top Christmas-light displays and Lamborghinis and Rolls-Royces--though he generated less...
...glass, not a paper cup, a shortcut that had evolved to move the line more quickly. It was a strong statement that Starbucks cares about quality--with a clear shot glass, a barista can make sure the espresso correctly settles into three layers--and isn't led by a fast-food-style obsession with throughput...
...sees fires wiping out such gigantic swaths of jungle that scientists now debate the "savannization" of the Amazon. Brazil just announced that deforestation is on track to double this year; Carter, a Texas cowboy with all the subtlety of a chainsaw, says it's going to get worse fast. "It gives me goose bumps," says Carter, who founded a nonprofit to promote sustainable ranching on the Amazon frontier. "It's like witnessing a rape...