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...variety of body-fitting configurations. Since people's sit bones are in different places in their pelvises, each saddle has its own fervent fans. "Comfort," says Spoke's Rinehart, "is in the butt of the beholder." For ease of body and mind, many new bikes are equipped with easy-grip handlebar gearshifts and an easier-to-read gear display mounted right in front...
Even more improvements are on the way for this expanding market. Roger Minkow, M.D., who created the Body Geometry saddle for Specialized bike and component maker, will soon be offering another ergonomic design: a rubber grip on handlebars with a built-in suspension system to eliminate vibration on your ulnar nerve, which extends from the underside of your forearm to your pinkie and ring finger. When you grasp the handlebars long and hard, you pinch this nerve. Result: ouch...
DIED. HAFEZ ASSAD, 69, President of Syria who held an iron grip on power for three decades; of heart failure; in Damascus (see World...
...accounts, he whipped a flabby Gore operation into something like fighting trim by cutting costs, establishing a chain of command and getting Gore to loosen his iron grip on campaign minutiae. Coelho made the Gore campaign what it is today - shape-shifting, unsure of how best to proceed, but very much within striking distance of George W. Bush...
...Draskovic's withdrawal makes that very unlikely," says Anastasijevic. "Besides, right now the European soccer championships are on, and everyone is at home or in cafes watching the games on television - the revolution is postponed." And while student actions may resume after the final whistle blows, Slobodan Milosevic's grip on power looks even firmer today than it did a year ago, when he surrendered Kosovo...