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...Landis's win was a dream result for the Tour. For a few days at least, the comeback overshadowed yet another cycling doping scandal that eliminated several of the pre-race favorites, like Germany's Jan Ullrich and Italy's Ivan Basso. Their withdrawals could take nothing away from Landis's alpine achievement. "That was just crazy - the most impressive thing I've ever seen," says Jonathan Vaughters, who has been riding and coaching on the pro cycling circuit for the last 13 years. "It was like throwing a Hail Mary from one end zone to the other with...
...sirens, radio, television and SMS text messaging, but says that many technical hurdles will have to be overcome. "Using SMS would be one of the best methods but it will require a lot of technical coordination to prevent jamming when sending out to tens of thousands of handphones," says Jan Sopa Heluwakan, deputy head of the Indonesian Institute of Science, one of the agencies working on the system. "But after the warning you still have to know what to do and that is where we are unprepared...
...whaling, Norway is within its rights to object to the rules and set its own catch limits. Having eaten whale and enjoyed it, I fail to see any moral difference between eating whale and eating beef, as long as we are responsible in utilizing the resources of the planet. Jan Magnussen Old Lyme, Connecticut, U.S. Preparedness Pays Off Re "Sharing the load" [july 3], on the progress made in providing assistance to Africa since last year's G-8 summit: When large populations are brought to the brink of crisis, international aid interventions are hugely expensive and logistically complicated...
...hunting those that are plentiful. You stated that Norway "openly flouts" the rules of the International Whaling Commission, but Norway is within its rights to set its own catch limits. Having eaten whale and enjoyed it, I fail to see any moral difference between eating whale and eating beef. JAN MAGNUSSEN Old Lyme, Conn...
...DIED. Jan Murray, 89, stand-up comedian and actor who went from performing variety-show routines at resorts in New York's Catskill Mountains to hosting popular 1950s TV game shows, including Blind Date, Dollar a Second and Treasure Hunt, on which winning contestants got to pick a treasure chest that could contain anything from a big-money check to cabbage; in Beverly Hills, Calif. A native New Yorker who came up in Borscht Belt comedy with Sid Caesar and Buddy Hackett, Murray turned to acting in the 1960s, appearing in films like Thunder Alley and TV shows that included...