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...doing longer distances had already departed amid pelting rain.) Bagels, bananas, oranges and energy bars--foods that quickly refuel muscles with carbohydrates--were provided at the train station and later on at rest stops. While 5BBC volunteers loaded our bikes onto trucks, we boarded the train for a 2-hr. ride to Mastic-Shirley, our starting point...
...November, will they do all they can, not only with money but with organization, getting their people out to vote." And don't think those union lobbyists didn't stalk off the Hill on Wednesday without a list of the 73 Democrats who walked with the White House on HR 4444. Sullenness toward the administration, says Tumulty, "could reverberate all down the Democratic ticket...
...difficult enough. When the HELP WANTED signs went up, 40,000 people applied for 2,000 jobs. All were selected on the basis of an 8-hr. evaluation session that measured teamwork skills and behavior as well as technical ability. Each successful candidate was given a minimum of 375 hours of training, and 60% of the team leaders were sent overseas to study at other GM plants...
Another deftly entertaining American entry, the Coen brothers' "O Brother, Where Art Thou?", was ignored, as were some decent films from the festival's host country. Shinji Aoyama's "Eureka," a 3-hr, 17-min. "interior road movie" about three survivors of a terrorist attack, earned various critics' prizes for its stark beauty and psychological rigor, but the Japanese film was shut out as well in the main contest. And the strongest entry of the entire Festival, Ang Lee's thrilling action fantasy "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," was mysteriously shown out of competition, and thus ineligible for the jury...
...Cost of Wal-Mart lawn chairs used by B-2 pilots for power naps during 30-hr. missions to Kosovo...