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...Haworth discovered a purpose. "It took me a while, but I finally found something that someone my size can be very good at," says Haworth. "It's an individual and straightforward sport: either you can lift the weight or you can't." Haworth uses her speed (she can run the 40-yd. dash in an NFL-like 5 sec.) and her power (she can jump an NBA-like 34 in.) to routinely, and repeatedly, lift a groaning bar with a couple hundred pounds. Buff football players pass by, not even bothering to hide their admiration. In competition she has lifted...
Save the Iraqi Children Rally (Tuesday, August 15): To demand that the U.S. lift its sanctions against Iraq. The protesters argue that the children of the country are hurt more than Saddam Hussein's regime...
...Philly's convention-year face-lift isn't just about making buildings more presentable (or getting rid of them completely) and convincing wary Republicans that it's OK to venture onto the streets of one of the nation's most staunchly Democratic cities. It's about proving to the rest of the country that a midsize city with a determinedly parochial strain and a troubled history is up for showcasing a national political convention with a healthy dose of style...
Just the thought of these two blues masters together is enough to lift you out of whatever blues you may happen to be in. And this album does have its moments, including the heartfelt, world-weary Worried Life Blues. It's a shame that some of the other performances aren't a bit grittier. Many of the songs sound like victory-lap music, the polite, tuxedoed stuff you play at the Kennedy Center after accepting a lifetime-achievement award. King and Clapton are too good, too vital to be enshrined just yet. Let's hope they team up again...
...miss the way we make decisions," he waxed in his first alumni visit). But after seven years of this administration, the NGA has become a living diorama of one of the big failures of the Clinton years - the big guy's failure to use his legendary political buoyancy to lift all Democratic boats...