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...those strutting pros and hardened fans in today's hoop arenas, and the chemistry is ripe for agitation. Games aren't mere athletic contests; they are in-your-face productions. Laser-light-show introductions, clatter-making Thunder Stix and scoreboard exhortations for more noise contribute to an atmosphere of confrontation. Players shooting free throws used to be accorded an almost respectful silence. Now fans attempt to distract them by jeering and waving towels. It doesn't work, but that doesn't stop the fans' behavior...
...overweight or otherwise out-of-shape person is lucky enough to have mere prehypertension, the condition can often be controlled with diet and exercise. "If someone comes to me with prehypertension," says Bakris, "I pull out my pad and write a lifestyle prescription first...
...there is more plaguing the reclusive leader than mere palace intrigue. North Korea's timid economic reforms have failed to revive a flatlining economy, fueling only a surge in prices. This, coupled with a still insufficient food supply, led two United Nations agencies to estimate last week that foreign aid will be needed to feed more than a quarter of the country's population next year...
...might be tempted to abandon the whole Nativity story as "unhistoric," mere theological backing and filling. Or one might take a broader view and, like the constantly evolving scholarship, look anew at these stories and what they tell us not just about the birth of Jesus but also about how his message was spread. "It's virtually impossible to reduce the accounts to a single core narrative," contends L. Michael White, University of Texas at Austin religious historian and author of From Jesus to Christianity. But that may not be the most important point. "What jumps out at close readers...
...records of retired and dead ones. Yet middling athletes of today routinely outdo greats of the past thanks to legal advances in everything from nutrition to sports medicine to biodynamics to equipment. If Roger Bannister had the advantage of competing today, wouldn't he run better than a mere 3:59.4 mile...