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They are sorting through what used to be two 110-story buildings--more than 2 billion lbs. of steel and glass and concrete--compressed into a mound nine stories high. A five-fingered grapple fixed to the end of a 40-ft. metal arm peels back each layer, gently removing crisscrossed pillars piled like giant pickup sticks. Next welders climb up with acetylene torches to cut through the metal until they find a void, or pocket of air. Then they bring in the buckets...
...mile is something we all can measure ourselves against. We walk the mile, run it, drive it--and share a sense of awe when a runner breaks what not long ago seemed the insurmountable barrier of the 4-min. mile. So when Alan Webb, 18, who weighs perhaps 140 lbs. when his clothes are dripping wet, ran the mile in 3:53.43 in May, besting my 36-year-old high school record by nearly 2 sec., it was a milestone not just for track and field but for sport in America...
...Michael Jordan. Iverson doesn't have the luxury of passing off to Scottie Pippen, one reason an NBA championship might not be in the Philadelphia 76ers immediate future. But he still seems to score at will, despite his relative puniness (the 76ers generously list him at 6 ft., 165 lbs.) After Iverson torched the Lakers for 48 points in the first game of this year's NBA finals, dealing L.A. their only playoff loss, Laker Robert Horry wondered aloud just how anyone was supposed to defend the little guy: "He can get the jumper anytime he wants...
...much should you stuff into your pack? That depends on your size and strength, but the rule of thumb is not to exceed 20% of your body weight. So if a child weighs 100 lbs., the backpack and its load shouldn't be more than 20 lbs. This applies to adults as well. For smaller children, the percentage should be scaled down, depending on the child's size and weight. One hint: make frequent trips to your locker to exchange books between classes...
...video-production equipment--or 300-lb. bodyguards. Though the investigation into the crash of the plane carrying R.-and-B. star Aaliyah is not complete, one thing is becoming certain: the twin-engine Cessna 402B was too heavy to fly. With a maximum weight limit of 6,300 lbs. for takeoff, the loaded plane minus the passengers weighed in, officials estimate, at 5,495 lbs., leaving just 805 lbs. of capacity for the pilot and eight others. One of them, Aaliyah's bodyguard, Scott Gallin, weighed 300 lbs. Unless the others weighed less than 63 lbs. each, their chances were...