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Triples are now the yardstick of the sport. They range in difficulty from the toe loop and Salchow, through the loop, flip and Lutz to the Axel, the ultimate challenge. Senior male competitors do triples routinely, but they are very tough for women who lack sufficient strength. One difference between watching on TV and seeing a competition is that at rinkside, spectators see all 20-odd contenders, not just the top handful. Among the lower rankings the number of falls is shocking. "There's a big element of risk," says Don Laws, who coached Scott Hamilton and knows that...
...plan has 30 percent fewer loop ramps, lower interchanges and narrower bridge crossings than the original plan, according to Epstein, who is also a representative on the state's Bridge Design Review Committee...
...central backlash mechanisms Faludi focuses on is the "feedback loop" between media coverage and popular culture. Her book provides a disturbing look at how the American media perpetuates misleading or inaccurate information just because it fits the preconceived notions of reporters and editors...
...candidate who has thrown everyone for a loop is R. Elaine Noble, a former member of the state legislature and an open lesbian who has not been active in Cambridge issue. Noble did not seek endorsement from the CCA or the progressive working Committee for a Cambridge Rainbow, although her positions on many issues are decidedly left-of-center...
THERE IS, however, a way around the legislative bottleneck of the Washington loop. Out in the boonies, innovative states and locales are doing the impossible: They are doing more with less. Here is where America, if it chooses to, will find its medical salvation...