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...nervous scrutiny of my peers stopped at this point, and I started wondering just how different my recruiting experiences were from the size-18 neck guy I was waiting with...

Author: By Justin W. White, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: JUSTIN TIME: Athletes Become Recruits Again | 10/6/2009 | See Source »

...itself. "It is very unusual today to have three healthy young people die in a car crash," says Bhatia, 36. "They were hit with an amazing amount of force." Regarding Wilhite's internal decapitation, Bhatia says, "Think about the weekly collisions in the National Football League and that neck injuries are relatively rare. That tells you how hard they were hit. I have never seen a car so destroyed." What saved Wilhite, says Bhatia, is the fact that he is a high-level athlete and that "his neck muscles were strong enough to hold his head in place even after...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: After the Adenhart Tragedy, an Angels Miracle | 10/6/2009 | See Source »

...small boy living near an Air Force base in Florida, Steve Petrizzo would crane his neck as jets roared overhead. "Every day in elementary school I would look up into the sky and see a four-ship formation of F-16s flying over, and I just thought that was the coolest thing," he recalls. "I always wanted to fly." By the time he entered high school, however, Petrizzo believed that his poor vision would keep him grounded...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A New Kind of 'Top Gun' for a New Kind of War | 10/5/2009 | See Source »

...left with Harvard and Stanford neck-and-neck,” one Crimson player said...

Author: By Dennis J. Zheng, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Drawing National Attention, Crimson Courts Touted Recruits | 9/30/2009 | See Source »

...whether it likes it or not, Brazil is up to its neck in Honduras, and the hemisphere is hoping that means enhanced prospects for a negotiated settlement between Zelaya and coup leaders like de facto Honduran President Roberto Micheletti. Zelaya has complicated things for Brazil by making hyperventilated comments, claiming last week that "Israeli mercenaries" were targeting him and his entourage with high-frequency radiation. Micheletti, meanwhile, has gone over the top this week, expelling an Organization of American States (OAS) delegation and trying to shut down constitutional rights in Honduras. He even gave Lula until early next week...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Brazil Reluctantly Takes Key Role in Honduras Dispute | 9/30/2009 | See Source »

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