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...first glance, the raw numbers look good. Some 49% of last season's record 59 million lift-ticket buyers were women--up 5% from the 2004-05 season, according to the National Ski Areas Association. And the total dollar sales of female-related ski goods has grown 64% since the 2001-02 season, says the Leisure Trends Group, a research firm based in Boulder, Colo., that tracks outdoor sports...
...fledgling party's successes, however, made little immediate practical difference. The K.M.T.'s iron hold on power remains unshaken, and there is no guarantee that the government will allow the D.P.P. to continue functioning. Though President Chiang Ching-kuo promised last October that he would lift martial law, which has been in effect for 38 years, and permit the formation of new political parties, the changes have yet to be approved. But even when they are on the books, the D.P.P. could continue to remain outside the law because it refuses to meet one key government requirement: acceptance of Taiwan...
...minutes later, following a Dartmouth free throw and a three by Pattman, Lin once again pulled Harvard back into the flow of the game, drilling a wide-open right corner three off an inside-outside assist from Unger. “It was great to get the lift off the bench from Jeremy Lin and Brad Unger,” Crimson coach Frank Sullivan said. “As the game got close, like it did up in Hanover [last weekend], the game got a little different with the energy he brought to the game at that point...
...great to get the lift off the bench from Jeremy Lin and Brad Unger,” Harvard coach Frank Sullivan said...
Keeping Ashley smaller, the doctors argue, has medical as well as emotional benefits: making it easier for her to be moved around means better circulation, digestion and muscle condition and fewer sores and infections. Her parents could continue to lift and bathe and dress her without assistance. "If you're going to be against this," Gunther says, "you have to argue why the benefits are not worth pursuing." Looking back on the committee debate now, both doctors admit there was an instinctive, emotional ingredient in the decision to proceed. "I think in the end it was the obvious bond...