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...barefoot runs relatively short - 1 mile (0.6 km) or less - and running in Vibram Five Fingers, thin rubber foot gloves that protect my tender soles from debris. I found that my stride changed naturally - lighter on the heel and shorter - which put more stress on my calves. That led to some temporary soreness, but eventually my too-often-stiff knees and back felt better than they had in a long time. For now, I'm mostly sticking with sneakers, but I might try my barefoot experiment again. Maybe in the spring, or whenever my toes thaw...
...election commission barred some 500 candidates from Iraq's parliamentary elections in March, acting on a list compiled by another panel that cited alleged ties to the outlawed Baath Party once led by Saddam Hussein. The move threatened to spark sectarian strife by angering members of the country's Sunni minority, who claimed they would be disproportionately affected and saw the ruling as an attempt to curtail their participation...
...that was then. The Depression inspired the creation of new measures like gross domestic product. (It was gross national product back in those days, but the basic idea is the same.) Wartime planning needs and advances in statistical techniques led to another big round of data improvements in the 1940s. And in recent decades, private firms and associations aiming to serve the investment community have added lots of reports and indexes of their own. (See the best business deals...
Joining Hawrot in the spotlight was freshman sabre Thomas Kolasa. The rookie led the sabre team over the Falcons and Fords, 6-3 and 8-1, respectively...
...long-term, the international community faces the challenge of changing what Diaz called “the narrative” concerning Haiti—a structural imbalance that has not only led to the neglect of a nation only a few hundred miles from Florida, but political indifference by the world’s powers until the earthquake struck the country...