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...slab (known as the sand-cliff deck) and a smaller one (the 900-sq.-ft., 40-ton tatami deck) that can simultaneously lift, rotate and tilt. Thus the actors must perform many of their maneuvers while the earth is literally moving under their feet. (If they fall off, there's a 60-ft. drop out of sight and onto an airbag.) Other scenes occur in midair, with the actors on wires or clinging to poles. That lends an antigravitational buoyancy to an artistic enterprise that revels in breaking all the rules about what technology can achieve and the human body...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bigger Than Vegas | 2/7/2005 | See Source »

...often looks out of control--and often is. That's one reason why he has finished only one of seven slalom races this year. When showing videos of Miller to other racers, McNichol will cover up the volatile upper half of his skier's body and show just the feet to prove Miller is properly balanced over his skis. "It is not exactly ski-instructor style," says McNichol...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Speed Demon | 2/6/2005 | See Source »

...racers. As a young boy he spent nearly every winter day on nearby Cannon Mountain. His mother dropped him off at the base of the hill, and he would find his own ride home. In the summer, tennis gave him agility and soccer a great feel for his feet, which he says is one of his skiing strengths. He started racing young. "It's a very elemental sport," Miller told TIME at a recent race stop in Kitzbühel, Austria. "You're using just gravity to get down the mountain and trying to cut down on friction and wind resistance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Speed Demon | 2/6/2005 | See Source »

...He’s one of the toughest covers in the league,” Sullivan said. “If you look at Preston, he’s so hard to guard because he’s so active. He generates more energy with his feet than any four or five [player] in this league. He’s a unique guy to say the least...

Author: By Jonathan Lehman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: M. Basketball's Late Surge Falls Short Against Columbia | 2/2/2005 | See Source »

Just 1:42 later—and a few feet closer—Flynn corralled Watters’ off-the-boards pass several strides closer to the crease, then wristed his shot along precisely the same path as before, securing the first two-goal game of his career and sending Mrazek to the bench...

Author: By Timothy J. Mcginn, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: M. Hockey's Fourth Line Spurs Outburst | 2/2/2005 | See Source »

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