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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...there are no risks in running. It can sometimes cause soft-tissue injuries and stress fractures, also called hairline fractures, which result from the compounding of tiny cracks in the bone over time. It's not uncommon for such tiny cracks to appear in the bones that bear the heaviest loads, like the tibia (shinbone), but they usually heal quickly and go unnoticed. Stress fractures occur when bone damage happens suddenly, without enough time to heal. For instance, high school athletes who stop training all summer and then abruptly start attending practice every day have a much higher risk...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Running Bad for Your Knees? Maybe Not | 12/25/2009 | See Source »

...Most of all, I know that this decision asks even more of you - a military that, along with your families, has already borne the heaviest of all burdens. As President, I have signed a letter of condolence to the family of each American who gives their life in these wars. I have read the letters from the parents and spouses of those who deployed. I have visited our courageous wounded warriors at Walter Reed. I have traveled to Dover to meet the flag-draped caskets of 18 Americans returning home to their final resting place. I see firsthand the terrible...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Full Transcript of Obama's Speech | 12/1/2009 | See Source »

Online sales fared considerably better this past weekend. ComScore, a digital research firm, estimates that cyber sales on Black Friday totaled $595 million, making it the second heaviest online spending day so far in 2009 and up 11% from Black Friday 2008. PayPal said it saw a 20% increase in the amount of money people spent using PayPal to purchase items this Black Friday from last year and a 140% spike in the volume of payments made by mobile phones. The mobile-phone transaction increase indicates that buyers shopping at brick-and-mortar sites were likely price-checking items with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: After Black Friday, Doubts Grow About a Shopping Uptick | 11/30/2009 | See Source »

...biggest bargains and heaviest competition on Black Friday will be in electronics, where retailers such as Best Buy, Walmart and Target are gearing up to offer "door buster" sales for items ranging from flat-screen TVs, smart phones and home-theater systems to laptops and e-readers. Aside from those predawn door crashers, regular shoppers can expect discounts of up to 60% on certain products on Black Friday, says Vitelli...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Retailers Gear up for Black Friday | 11/13/2009 | See Source »

...move up the tree, it narrows down to what is called your distribution, or the hands you can possibly hold. Professionals, Hawrilenko says, try to maximize the value of their distributions and balance the best possible hands with both good and bad hands. But even those with the heaviest intellectual machinery and the most rational approach can still be vulnerable...

Author: By Esther I. Yi, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Playing for Keeps | 10/22/2009 | See Source »

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