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...just that Christopher Reeve can move his left index finger--which he can, by the way--it's that he can move it any way he jolly well pleases. "I can do it fast, I can do it slow, I can do it up and down or side to side," Reeve says. "The response is instantaneous and voluntary...
Thirty miles away in the city of Durango (pop. 15,000) at El Patio Bar & Grill, misting machines spray diners to keep them cool. Lawns are lush, and the golf course has fairways greener than fresh limes. But according to the widely used Palmer monthly drought index, the region around Durango is suffering the worst drought in the U.S. In June the Missionary Ridge fire, northeast of town, burned 70,000 acres. Only 2.86 in. of rain have fallen all year. And Durango, which since 1877 has had first rights to the water that flows down the Florida River...
Even if Harvard can’t match up with the elite competition right away, the Crimson still benefits from playing these games. A loss to a national power will generally have a more positive effect on a team’s rating percentage index than a victory over a mediocre local rival, and a higher RPI helps with NCAA tournament seeding and in earning an at-large selection...
...Falling to pieces? Japan's Nikkei 225 stock index plunged last week to close at a 19-year low of 9,129. The fall caused market jitters throughout the region on fears it would stunt Japan's fragile economic recovery...
...Percentage the S&P 500 index declined...