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Three weeks of hospital life had taken a toll. I was 20 lbs. lighter, stooped, and as pale as a death-row inmate. Lacking a hand and 3 in. of forearm, my right limb hung almost a foot shorter than my left, the length of a child's arm attached to an adult's body. In a light-green hospital gown, I wasn't groomed for the runway or my date of Jan. 2. My girlfriend, Rebekah Edminster, had flown in from California for a 10-day stint...
...more exciting than a new pair of shoes--but no more comfortable to wear. Just getting it on was painful: my stump was still incredibly tender. If my former right hand had floated lightly, the fake one moved like a dumbbell--fat, clunky and heavy. Its 2 1/2 lbs. were concentrated in the electronic hand--the place farthest from the half-forearm. I kept bumping it into things. I named it Ralph, after the clumsiest kid in my grade school...
...alums. After combing through the back pages of Harvard Magazine, FM sadly suspects that things are only going to get worse. Read onwards for actual exerpts of romantically inclined geekdom: “Whimsical left-handed, near-sighted, athletic, intuitive, academic DWM, 5’10”, 155 lbs, 52. Endowed with a self-deprecating humor, a questioning mind, and progressive ideals. Seeks broadly educated F not averse to intellectual, emotional, sensual, humorous, and inter-cultural pursuits. Must be willing to provide sustained assistance for addictions to beaches, museums, international films, foreign travel, reading, and broadranging dialogue...
...NAME SCENE OF THE CRASH BIG BUCKS PANDORA'S BOX WALK THIS WAY JUST A DREAM ADRIANO MORAES WEIGHT 1,300 lbs. 1,400 lbs. 1,550 lbs. 1,800 lbs. 1,600 lbs. 185 lbs. AGE 5 5 7 7 6 36 BUCK-OFF %* 92% 100% 96% 100% 82% 42% INJURIES 0 0 0 0 0 18 (two broken legs) EARNINGS $3,100 $28,000 $26,000 $7,000 $9,000 $2 million *The percentage of rides in which the bull tosses the rider before 8 sec. For Moraes, it's the percentage of rides in which...
Many African countries that used to subsidize fertilizers stopped under pressure from the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, forcing farmers to return to subsistence practices. Today farmers in sub-Saharan Africa use about 7 lbs. of fertilizer per acre, compared with 75 lbs. in South America, 87 lbs. in North America and 91 lbs. in South Asia...