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What a great leg! That's what Jacksonville State football coach Jack Crowe thought when from his office window he watched ASHLEY MARTIN, 20, kicking footballs after her soccer practice. He promptly recruited the pride of Sharpsburg, Ga., as his backup kicker. Last week he and 11,000 fans at the Alabama school watched Martin boot her way into college-football history as the first woman to play--and score--in Division I football. The 5-ft. 11-in., 160-lb. Martin ran onto the field, ponytail peeping out from under her helmet, to kick three extra points...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Sep. 10, 2001 | 9/10/2001 | See Source »

...were a potent combination in the age of the desktop wars, they might want to take a look at what Explorer and Passport can do together in the next battle: the e-commerce wars. The way Gates sees it, not only would an Explorer-promoted Passport have the definitive leg up in delivering Web shoppers to sites of Microsoft?s choosing, Explorer-Passport could then become the mother of all cookies, protecting users? online privacy by keeping the information all to itself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Is Microsoft Free to Go? | 9/6/2001 | See Source »

...their center, or nucleus, helps cushion the jolts caused by simple movements like running and jumping. But for various reasons, a disk's hard, protective shell can degenerate, allowing the spongy interior to bulge out and press on spinal nerves. This can cause excruciating pain that radiates down the leg in a condition commonly called sciatica...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fast Relief For Back Pain | 9/3/2001 | See Source »

...Undeterred, they traveled to Brunei the next year and swam across the 300-m-wide Limbang river in the middle of the night. Christinet was almost crushed by floating logs and gashed his leg deeply on a branch. "You could see the muscle and there was a lot of blood," Christinet comments, "but Bruno sewed it for me with a needle and thread." The two men spent three weeks in Sarawak, most of it hiding from police. They also pursued an abortive attempt to order four tons of 25-cm nails for the Penan to hammer into tree trunks, Christinet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Without a Trace | 9/3/2001 | See Source »

...second on the grid and was overtaken by Coulthard and teammate Irvine. As he tried to force himself back into contention at Stowe corner, his brakes failed and he plowed into a wall at more than 160 km/h. The impact broke the Ferrari's chassis and Schumacher's right leg. An enforced three-month layoff followed. (He was ordered back into the car for the last two races of the season after Ferrari boss Luca di Montezemolo phoned Schumacher's home and was told by his daughter Gina Maria that Daddy couldn't come to the phone because...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Schumy the Great | 9/3/2001 | See Source »

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