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...great motivation and, surprisingly, in his analysis winning is not either. He takes what he calls "a Zenistic view." A single well-executed shot is what stirs him. "You have to be psyched up, yet calm and as motionless as possible. Timing is vital. You shoot between heartbeats. My heartbeat throws my aim clear off the target. Then you have to read the wind. That's the worst four-letter word in archery. With all those variables to consider and compensate for, an excellent shot is a great reward...
...stop one another on streets and in offices across the country to discuss the news, one that generated bursts of good feeling-and nervous glances? Because a political taboo of two centuries' standing had finally been abandoned: a woman, at last, is an election away from being a heartbeat away from the most powerful job on earth. Because social structures and cultural norms had been forever amended: the notion of a woman's place, still deeply ingrained despite the long struggle of feminism, would never again be so limited, so confining. Because history had indeed been made...
...Looking Out for No. 2," politicians seem to emphasize that "gender, geography and politics" are the key factors in the selection. Does anyone ever give serious thought to the possibility that the Vice President is only "a heartbeat away" from becoming President...
Brezhnev's failing health was believed to be one reason for the sterile response to Reagan's first Kremlin missive. The exhaustive analysis of each phrase and word that the national-security experts made of Yuri Andropov's replies gave hope there was a personal heartbeat coming through. But when doctors hooked him up to the kidney-dialysis machine, they must have plugged in his pen too. His later responses seemed drained of life. The latest letter Reagan sent to Chernenko met with such a canned response that Reagan brought it up publicly two weeks...
...knew the pace would take a lot out of Robinson and Paige," said Jones. "I'm strong, and I have the speed." The third and fourth places were also assigned the same time (1:43.92), so John Marshall made the team and Robinson missed it by a heartbeat. Marshall of Villanova gave thanks to an assistant coach there, the same Don Paige who wound up fifth...