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...high-tech equipment." Ten years ago, wheelchairs were unwieldy 50-lb. clunkers. Now, thanks to lightweight steel alloys and thin high-pressurized tires, they are sleek and maneuverable chariots, weighing a mere 10 lbs. Space-age plastics and other materials have made artificial legs and feet lighter, stronger, more flexible and resilient, and much more comfortable to wear. At least six models of prosthetic feet are available (cost: $500 to $2,000 each). When amputee Jim MacLaren, 25, of New Haven, Conn., participates in triathlons, he wears a different type of artificial leg for the biking and running segments...
Boston University football coach Chris Palmer is walking around a little lighter this week. The coach had to shave his head after a bet with his football players...
While he was a serious programmer at Aiken,friends and colleagues say Morris' computingfrequently had a lighter side. Morris created aprogram that would write crossword puzzles,friends remembered...
Around the corner at the Glass Slipper Lounge a plump, bleach-blond dancer clad in a g-string prances on the stage as half-a-dozen patrons look on. This is what they call "adult dancing." Maybe it would be erotic if she was 40 pounds lighter, 15 years younger and happy...
Launch, at 11:37 a.m. EDT, came only after NASAwaived weather guidelines to allow for flightthrough some lighter-than-usual Florida winds. The98-minute delay simply heightened the tension asNASA unveiled a spaceship that underwent more than400 modifications since the Challenger flight...