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...past and is still able to spring surprises. In late February a group of foreign diplomats, including the U.S. and Italian ambassadors, had just helicoptered into Batticaloa, an area the government had assured them was safe, when they came under rebel mortar fire. (Both ambassadors were slightly hurt.) Two weeks ago, in one of its most audacious attacks so far, the Tigers used two small planes (the government says it was just one), which the group had smuggled onto the island piece by piece over the past few years, to bomb an airfield adjacent to the country's international airport...
...inherent risks, parkour encourages good habits. The sport is heavy on discipline and self-improvement. True traceurs don't smoke (because it would hurt their endurance) or run under the influence (because it would hurt their balance and agility). "The problem is that people see all these videos of high-level stuff, so they go home, jump off their roof and wonder why they blow out their knees," says Tyson Cecka, 20, a sophomore at the University of Washington who just spent a week in Los Angeles doing parkour for a sneaker commercial. "They don't understand that...
...Crimson, the road trip saw the return of Sasha Ermakov, whose potential to have a breakthrough year was apparent in his stellar play in both singles and doubles in his first two matches of the weekend. But the sophomore’s inexperience under high-stress situations hurt Harvard at inopportune moments...
...think the evidence (summarized in my current review and also here) is quite clear: American teens are flourishing. Epstein has a different view. You can decide for yourself. Here are some (highly condensed and edited) excerpts from our more entertaining e-mails. Geek alert: if statistics make your eyes hurt, now's a great time to stop reading...
...scared that horror movies will ruin innocent children or that today's kids are too sophisticated to be hurt, frightened or moved by movies? Is it that the MPAA is not doing enough--or that there are no children left to protect...