Word: focusing
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...Dara Torres tests positive for steroid use, then certainly, let's all be disappointed and heap derision on her. For now, may we please celebrate her focus, competitive spirit, discipline and willpower? Nancy Johnson, Austin, Texas...
...Games Begin I recognize that your magazine caters largely to a U.S. audience, but the over-representation of U.S. athletes in "100 Olympic Athletes to Watch" may mean that some of your readers do not focus on athletes from other countries who have fascinating stories [Aug. 4]. Richard Barrett, Honolulu...
...with top economic policymakers in an emergency session to discuss options for rekindling growth. Officials in Beijing "are very concerned, much more so than they were even just a month ago," says one government economic adviser who was briefed on the sessions. "Containing inflation is no longer the primary focus of the government. Rightly or wrongly, they're thinking inflation is yesterday's problem. Growth - and jobs - is what they are concerned about...
...suit, has a large silver panel on the front with two thin stripes running from the inside of the back down the sides of the legs. These panels are made with a polyurethane coating, designed to eliminate drag. TYR spent more than three years working on the suit. The focus of its research, according to Matt Zimmer, promotions director, was the lightweight, water-repellent fabric and muscle contour compression. The idea behind the compression is two-fold: first of all it provides a barrier between water and skin, reducing what has come to be known as the "jiggle" effect. Second...
...this Olympics, TYR had to alter its design focus. Four years ago, the company had developed a suit called the Aqua Shift, using a technology borrowed from airplanes and Formula One car racing, but never before used on a swimsuit. It used a system of turbulators, or tripwires, that wrap around the chest and back and disrupt, or trip, the flow of water down the body. This was significant because in previous attempts to reduce drag, the water would run quickly down the body and then form an eddy that would literally pull the swimmer backwards. So, in effect...