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...People are often surprised by the amount of physical training racers do. What's your regimen? There's a very extensive training program. [NASCAR races] are four to five hours in length. The g-forces take a lot out of you. I lift weights four times a week, usually run five days a week. There's ab work, core-based work. You need your lungs for endurance. And the more you muscle mass you have on you during an impact is real important...
...civil wars and corruption of the past. The institutional rot that spawned those Cold War conflicts remains, not just in Honduras but in nearby countries such as Guatemala, Nicaragua and Panama. In Nicaragua, for example, leftist President Daniel Ortega last month had Supreme Court justices loyal to him summarily lift a constitutional ban on presidential re-election so he can run again in 2011, even though most Nicaraguans oppose the change. In Panama, members of the powerful Arias family have so far been able to block the will of a relative who left some $50 million to poor children...
...need allies from outside your group because it helps lift you up,” she said. “You are all allies outside a cause that you can join and help...
...same district. (Pacquiao has his own political organization - the People's Champ Movement - but has been aligning himself with President Gloria Arroyo, who needs his popularity.) Most people say they'd rather he stay a boxer and win more accolades for the nation, that his need to help lift people up can be better served elsewhere. But politics as his second act may be a strategy born of a deeper survival instinct - from knowing the limitations of a boxer's life, particularly after the fighting is done. "'Di ako bobo," he might...
...vision of an expanded federal role in promoting American culture isn’t entirely unprecedented, especially in challenging times. Although it only hired a few employees, during the Great Depression, the Farm Security Administration received a mandate for a national photography project that did much to lift the spirits of the country. In the early days of both the Kennedy and Johnson administrations, officials lobbied hard for an Arts Secretary. Shortly after President Obama’s election, music composer and mogul Quincy Jones briefly pushed for a cabinet-level position so the average American kid might know...