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...itself satisfied that the girls were at the lower-age limit of 16, not 14, as some earlier news reports on the girls had noted. Now, the FIG is asking the Chinese Gymnastics Association for further proof of the athletes' ages. The United States Olympic Committee also sent a letter to the IOC on Friday asking that the issue be resolved. The U.S. women finished second to Chinese in the team event on August 13. "USA Gymnastics has always believed this issue needed to be addressed by the FIG and IOC," said Steve Penny, president of USA Gymnastics...
...cluster bomb blew out the windows but the building stood. Maglakelidze says he was anxious to stay on to do what he could to protect the museum, but two days later, when looters descended on the town , he decided to pack up the most prized exhibits - including the Kant letter and death mask, and drive them through the roadblocks ringing the city to the safety of the capital 50 miles away...
...other action - that results in the termination of life of a human being in utero between conception and natural birth, whether before or after implantation," the regulation set off a firestorm from reproductive rights groups and members of Congress. Slate's William Saletan brilliantly toured the implications in a "letter" to Leavitt, noting that by the same logic, the government should be outlawing breast-feeding (which by affecting a woman's hormones interferes with ovulation and, in theory, implantation), not to mention drinking coffee (can increase the chance of miscarriage), riding horseback (same) or exercising in general...
...This looks really hard, she said, when he explained how each skill, represented by a letter designating its difficulty (the higher letters in the alphabet being the hardest) would unfold. What's the start value...
...some cites are doing things right, Klein says, and setting a constructive example. Ten years ago, Los Angeles County implemented a grade-card system that requires restaurants to display letter grades given to them by health inspectors. Restaurants that score 90 or above on the 100-point health-inspection measure receive an A; those that score 80 to 89 receive a B; and so forth. The program, which Las Vegas and St. Louis, Mo., have since adopted, has been well-received by consumers. Surveys suggest that most diners notice the grade cards, approve of the system overall and feel convinced...