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...sound but the wind as the ski jumper silently soars above the trees. Even inside the arenas, spectators will hold their breaths as a figure skater winds up for her triple-triple jump. Still, the winter silences are made to be broken: by the downhiller cracking out of the gate, the grunting speed skater leaning into the finish line, the crowd erupting when the ice princess sticks her triple-triple. All that winter music is about to strike up in Torino, the capital of Italy's northwestern region of Piedmont. Starting with an eclectic mix of classical and techno beats...
...motley crew loitering by Johnston Gate before the show-down sported layers of sweaters beneath custom-made red and blue T-shirts. Among the mostly male crowd, several had handled firearms before. Some were paintball tournament veterans, with battle scars—and personal guns costing as much as $800—dating from their middle school years...
...sustained on Friday, junior captain Eric Ode was the top finisher in slalom, with a combined time of 2:00.90 placing him 42nd. Senior Kyle Klopcic registered a time of 2:08.82 to place 45th. Once again, difficulties plagued the team, as Basilico was disqualified for missing a gate, Segal was again disqualified for a lost ski, and Tsai sat out the race due to his knee injury. “I guess on the whole, a pretty tough weekend,” Basilico said. “But our four, five, and six skiers really stepped...
...presence of Israeli security forces, and feared that by voting in Palestinian elections they may be forced to give up the right to live in Jerusalem - an idea Israel says is unfounded. Two hours after the start of polling just 17 people had voted at the small Jaffa Gate post office. The most exciting action came when Israeli settlers and right-wing politicians turned up to protest the fact that Palestinians were allowed to vote in Jerusalem at all. "This is the same as allowing Iraqi voters to vote for Al Qaeda and Zarqawi in a polling station...
...veritable horde of emergency vehicles, lights flashing in anxious anticipation, I realized what the whole world except for the passengers on board flight 210 knew: the plane—and our lives—had been in serious danger the whole time. Following a quick tow to the deserted gate, Midwest graciously wined and dined its inconvenienced passengers, put us up in the airport Hilton, and offered us two “unrestricted” round trip ticket vouchers to anywhere Midwest Airlines flies. Which, by the way, is not just the mid-west...