Word: heart
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...Most people say they thought it must have been done years ago," Sullivan said. "Threats up to today have been in the periphery of Harvard Square. Now that development takes place in the heart of the Square, it's a different issue...
...Tuesday, we took our PT test, to meet the minimum standards for boot camp (for men, 13 push-ups, 17 sit-ups and a one-mile run in under eight minutes). Everyone passed except the asthmatic (who gets to run again) and the guy with the heart condition (he's gone, after - he says - his heart almost exploded at one third of a mile). Yours truly came in with a surprising 6:20 (and this was a road race, no track...
Drill sergeants must have huddled for generations over precisely what exercises, in precisely what order, cause young men to scream the loudest. The sergeant, a very funny guy when he wanted to be, had the routine by heart: push-ups, sit-ups, bicycle kicks, squats of all varieties, shoulder touches, arm twirls - more than I can remember, until the lifting of hand over head was quite nearly impossible...
Taking to heart the boxing motto that you should lead with your strongest punch, a group of federal prosecutors is trying to use the RICO anti-racketeering statute to shake up the International Boxing Federation as if it were the Gambino crime family. Monday, several New Jersey U.S. attorneys filed a civil suit against the IBF - the only major sanctioning body based in the U.S. - seeking the appointment of a monitor to oversee the restructuring of the organization. The impetus: Earlier this month, four top officials from the IBF were indicted on racketeering charges, including taking payoffs to rank lower...
...George W. Bush is at all worried about not taking part in the couple of GOP presidential-candidate debates so far, he should take heart from an Oscar Wilde quip: "The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about." That was not the case Sunday eveging in Tempe, Ariz., when four Republican presidential candidates met in a televised forum, ostensibly to discuss the issues facing the nation. In fact, Alan Keyes, Orrin Hatch, Steve Forbes and John McCain never really got moving on any substantive exchanges, as they were far too busy huffing and puffing over...