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...began pushing innovation from his engineers. They came up with Reebok's DMX technology, a sole containing numerous air channels for cushioned comfort, and Traxtar, a line of shoes for kids that contain built-in computer chips and motion sensors that measure the wearer's running speed and jumping height. "Most people's view of entrepreneurs is that their business eventually outgrows them," says Reebok CFO Ken Watchmaker. "We've learned the hard way that Paul is the lifeblood of this business...
...love a website like JoeytheFilmGeek.com The personal touches alone may make it unique in the annals of criticism. Here is a reviewer who not only tells you his height and weight--6 ft. 2 in., 165 lb.; eat your heart out, Roger Ebert!--but for good measure explains that he had his tongue piercing removed after cracking a tooth on the metal ball. That may not entirely account for why he was so crazy about American Pie 2, but it helps...
...swings from wet to dry that eerily track the rise and fall of ancient civilizations. From glaciers on opposite sides of the world, some in the Andes, others in the Himalayas, he has built a strong case that the tropics were far colder 20,000 years ago, at the height of the last ice age, than most scientists thought possible...
...performance list, she had yet to jump better than 1.95 meters in any meet where she had faced strong competition, and she jumped no better than 1.90 meters on average. The best jumps of her season—a 1.96-meter clearance at Princeton and the record-breaking height at Hungarian Nationals—all came against fields where the next-best competitor failed to clear even 1.80 meters...
...which she must complete after leaving Harvard last fall to compete in the Sydney Olympics—she will have the freedom to build experience in the major international meets. When she placed fifth at the IAAF Indoor World Championships at Lisbon in March at a peak height of 1.93 meters, she placed some of the blame on her failure to adapt to an unexpected ramp that interfered with her approach. At Edmonton, the IAAF reported that a strong headwind, which picked up as the bar was raised to 1.94 meters, made the competition difficult for inexperienced jumpers...