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...fencers, German specialists have devised a steel-plated dummy that examines competitors' attack moves. The mannequin has a helmet-shaped head containing a high-speed camera mounted behind Plexiglas. Its torso is wired at strategic locations with tiny bulbs. When a hit is scored, a red, green or white light goes on. Tests with the dummy have shown that speed alone is not the crucial factor in a fencer's prowess. Athletes are more accurate when they take time and move deliberately in the moments preceding attack...
Luke, who likes to skate in traffic ("It's the adrenaline"), says "I definitely think you should wear [a helmet]. I don't wear it myself, for aesthetic reasons...
Feldman describes this transition as a story of convenience: as an orthodox Jew, he wanted to retain the head covering mandated by tradition; as a bicyclist riding through Harvard Square, he needed something that would fit under a protective helmet...
WELCOME to a legendary Harvard attraction: Thomas's closet. To your right, you'll see a startling array of headgear: a cute blue fez, a polo helmet, a sharp Jackie O pillbox number, white bunny ears. Straight ahead, you'll find a mountain of ties--most of them wide, all of them loud. On the floor, there's a fog machine and a stack of the official Adams House "We're All Gay and We're Coming to Get You" t-shirts Thomas designed. On the left, Thomas hang his dresses--a clingy purple Betsy Johnson, a turquoise suede Halston...
...research project has also cut out some much loved paintings, once considered essential masterpieces, milestones in his art, like Berlin's Man with the Golden Helmet. This has caused tremendous indignation in some quarters -- a fuss comparable to the moment when Bernard Berenson made his name as an enfant terrible by downgrading half the supposed canon of Lorenzo Lotto nearly 100 years...