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...Every 35 min., each cell produces a new hull; next door it takes eight hours and at least twice as many people to finish one. Each completely recyclable plastic mold produces a dozen boats; next door it takes a mold per boat, and each year thousands of used molds have to be buried in landfills. Each VEC hull is so strong that Genmar has announced a lifetime warranty instead of the normal five years...
...hours. And for some of the most commonly used enhancers, such as erythropoietin (EPO), there are still no institutionalized tests. It is said that EPO, which increases stamina by boosting an athlete's red blood cell count, can improve an athlete's performance in a 20-min. run by 30 sec., but it is otherwise a nightmare of a drug. Overdose on EPO, and the blood becomes too thick for the heart to pump. EPO is believed to be the culprit in no fewer than 25 mysterious deaths among world-class cyclists since...
...host. She's been a damn interesting spectator sport. There was the 1996 sweatshop scandal, of course, and husband Frank Gifford's 1997 tryst with a flight attendant. Also, there were her remarkable skills as a broadcaster; her combustible chemistry with Philbin; their show's unscripted, unpredictable first 20 min.; and the sometimes palpable tension between her and Michael Gelman, executive producer of Live with Regis and Kathie Lee. This week Gifford, 46, leaves it all behind. Who will replace her? It hasn't been decided. The more pressing question is, Why is she leaving? And what will America...
Rocky coastlines are not that interesting. Nor are beaches: you just wind up staring at the ocean. Forests are nothing but trees. Deserts are beautiful for about 15 min., but they're always out in the middle of nowhere. As for mountains, an occasional range is nice, but mountains tend to cluster and become a continuous piece of bad art, a painting you'd see at an estate sale and not buy. And mountain people are a pain. Vermonters, for example, tend to be very sniffy about who is worthy to set foot in their midst and use their toilet...
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