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...several centuries strung along narrow, zigzagging streets. This jam-packed patchwork is, in extremely concentrated form, the natural look of cities, of anything created over time by many hands. Certain tacit rules apparently governed the 250-year accretion of buildings in Blackstone Block -- rules about material (red brick) and height (seven stories maximum) -- but within those constraints houses and workshops were demolished and built as circumstances demanded over the years, not according to any inflexible, grandiose scheme...
...roster lists his height as 6-ft., 1-in. Sure, and Mickey Rooney is a seven-footer...
...globules, layered under the skin and packed around organs, cushion the body against injury, insulate it from cold and supply fuel to meet energy needs. Too much fat, however, increases the risk of diabetes, hypertension and heart disease, among other afflictions. Establishing ideal body-fat percentages is difficult, since height, age, body frame and exercise are all factors. Generally, scientists agree that the normal range for men is 12% to 23% and for women...
...spikers have utilized short sets and fine defensive coverage in negating the height factor...
...have to use quick hits and quit hits to negate the height advantage of the other teams," Lem said...