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...where he heard many tales from Indian travelers about creatures back home. Later writing them down, he described "wild asses as large as horses" that had white bodies, red heads and dark blue eyes, and "a horn on the forehead, which is about a foot and a half in length." He also said that the horns were multicolored, and that the animals were so swift and powerful that "no creature, neither the horse or any other, could overtake...
...year ago, a slender girl called Cloud had no idea she would dedicate her life to lifting disks of iron above her head. Then a stranger came to her remote village in eastern China's Shandong province, took detailed measurements of her shoulder width, thigh length and waist circumference--and announced she would have the honor of serving her motherland as a weight lifter. The then 14-year-old daughter of vegetable farmers had little choice in the matter. She had been chosen to be a cog in China's vast sports machine, a multibillion-dollar apparatus designed with...
...example--and watches as their brains process the difference. At first, the sounds are separated by 300 milliseconds, very fast but well within the brain's ability. She then speeds things up so that the gap shrinks to 200 milliseconds, then 100, then 35--the point at which the length of the space is less than the length of the syllable itself. Even then the babies keep pace, getting all the way down to 10 milliseconds before the sounds run together...
...talent. In the morning races, the Black and White swept Dartmouth, Syracuse, and Texas in the first varsity, second varsity, third varsity four A, and the novice eight. The first varsity pulled away from Dartmouth in the last 1,000 meters to win the race by an entire boat length. The second varsity rallied, and after making a strong move, came from behind to win once again.In the afternoon, Radcliffe added Notre Dame to the list of first varsity victims with an eight-second win over Dartmouth and a 19-second margin of victory over the Fighting Irish. The second...
Vaillancourt tracked down the puck in her own zone and sprinted down the length of the ice, carving through the Colgate defense before positioning herself in front of the net. After executing a knee-buckling deke on Raiders goalie Lisa Plenderleith, Vaillancourt slipped the puck in the net and gave Harvard the victory...