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When he was a high school athlete, Mike Freshley asked a friend's father to hypnotize him before track meets and convince him that he could leap impossible distances. Under the spell, he long-jumped 23 ft. 3 in.--2 ft. better than the school record. At 58, Freshley, now a swimmer, no longer needs a hypnotist. Fully conscious, he can visualize heats in advance and see victory. His imagination is usually on target. In a Masters meet last year, he swam the most demanding race in the sport, the 400-m medley, in 6 min. flat, the best time...
Following her impressive freshman year, Browning expected to make a bigger leap in her rowing ability during her sophomore season. But that expectation was stymied by her inability to enter the season with the same strength...
...offense may also be bolstered by the return of sophomore forward Erin Aeschliman, who took the 1998-99 academic year off. Aeschliman made the leap from the junior varsity program in 1997 in time to score both of the Crimson's goals in a 2-0 win over UMass in the first round of the NCAA tournament. She finished the campaign with four goals and one assist...
...morally values diversity," says ethicist Elizabeth Bounds of Emory University's Candler School of Theology, "I find this frightening. We run the risk of shaping a much more homogeneous community around certain dominant values, a far more engineered community." What sort of lottery would decide who is to leap ahead, who is to be held back for an overall balance? At the moment, nature orchestrates our diversity. But human nature resists leaving so much to chance, if there is actually a choice...
...some schools, last year provided a hint of what was to come. This year promises to show a quantum leap in the spread of school technology: parents in many districts can expect to be able to check the school lunch menu, read class notes, see activity calendars and, perhaps best of all, view nightly homework assignments--all online. "The schools are wired," says Carson. "A majority of parents now have access, and the educators are ready...