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...chanting "Bo-de, Bo-de." They know that his eccentric skiing style - butt back, feet forward, hands flying - and utter disregard for actually finishing a race, never mind winning it, will often produce compelling sport. In the combined downhill in the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics, Miller was a nanosecond from disaster when he made what might have been the greatest 60 m.p.h. recovery in the history of skiing to claim a silver medal. He either lands on the podium or on his posterior. (See pictures of Bode Miller on the slopes...
...give you that. It’s important to keep the band economy rolling that we buy special edition tour t-shirts and make bands feel wanted. But is that reason enough to go see whomever the indie-rati think is important at that particular nanosecond? I really want this section to be a fugue in which I boldly claim, “Henry, you are quite wrong! It is all about the experience! From live concerts did music spring, and to live concerts shall it return! There’s something magical about going to a show...
...book, “Are Men Necessary? When Sexes Collide,” Dowd grapples with (and documents) the conflicting demands of work, romance, and family, all against the backdrop of a less-than-hospitable cultural climate. As Dowd writes, “Feminism lasted for a nanosecond, but the backlash has lasted 40 years...
...team’s faces register disappointment for less than a nanosecond before they start cheering and head out to the audience to watch the rest of Division...
...hammered Bush for not doing enough to stop the flight of American jobs to countries like India, and assailed a U.S. law that encourages outsourcing by allowing companies to defer paying taxes on money earned overseas. He said that if he were President it would take him "about a nanosecond" to decide to try changing...