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Miller says he has got a grip on other variables in skiing as well. "It's not about controlling aggression; it's about getting everything else in the right line," he explains, meaning things like equipment, fitness (he blew out a knee last season) and start position--the higher the better, and the better you ski, the higher the start position you get. "There are people who can make a mistake and stay on the course and finish 15th," he says. Why bother? "For me and a lot of the other top guys, we don't make those kinds...
...have been comfortable with before. And talking to him in a loping, melodic tone, a parental tone, one meant to soothe and lull. This is the man who lifted me onto a horse when I was small, whose strong swimmer's arms moved him confidently through churning seawater. His grip is still strong, but his hands and arms are thin...
...lame-duck mayor of New York galvanized his stunned city and inspired the world with his example. A minority President dismissed by much of the world as unfit for the office replied to the attacks with measured military might, routing the Taliban regime and liberating Afghanistan from the grip of medieval oppression. Most of the free world - and most of the Islamic world - approved of the action. Fears of widespread civilian casualties and a massive Muslim backlash failed to materialize...
...dominant role from the start, running the country like a boot camp. Big business zaibatsu, or conglomerates, also became key players as Japan turned the colony into an industrial base, gearing up for war with China in the late 1930s. While some Koreans joined rebel groups, Japan's overwhelming grip on the country subdued most resistance. Some of the Elite openly collaborated with the new rulers. But Koreans of every standing were second-class citizens, powerless to stop the official and unofficial looting of the nation...
...expense of their rivals. Into the mix throw thousands of Taliban and al-Qaeda holdouts (including most of their senior leadership) still roaming the hills in various pockets of resistance. And also the tens of thousands of Afghan Taliban fighters who simply went home once their movement lost its grip on power, and signed up for duty with various local warlords...