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...finals. "She has her day structured," said her coach Richard Callaghan. "She is a giddy teenager between some hours, and she's a hard worker in other hours." And just in case that doesn't work, Lipinski prays. She wears the likeness of St. Therese of Lisieux around her neck and says a novena before competitions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Figure Skating: Back On Top | 3/2/1998 | See Source »

...FRANCISCO: The governors were at the Internet gates this week, trying to sink their tax fangs into the smooth young neck of online commerce. And who should bar the door but President Clinton, who with a single speech ended months of hedging and called for passage this year of the Internet Tax Freedom Act, which would impose a moratorium of up to five years on new taxes on electronic commerce and the Internet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Read His Lips: No New Net Taxes | 2/27/1998 | See Source »

...Thorndike Street resident reports that at 9 p.m. her husband became hostile. When she tried to call the police, he disconnected her phones. He then tried to hit her with the phone. Then he allegedly hit her with his hand and grabbed her by her neck. Cambridge's Most Wanted...

Author: By Marc J. Ambinder, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Cambridge Police Log | 2/18/1998 | See Source »

When we see someone gasping for air, with both hands clasped around their neck, we recognize this as the international sign for choking. This sign has been accepted since the signing of the International Act for Choking Recognition in 1834 and is used in every country in the world except Liechtenstein. Since they are not bound by the treaty, to sign "I am choking," Liechtenstinians hum the theme song from "The Greatest American Hero" while frantically performing the motions for "I'm a Little Teapot." More than 300,000 Liechtenstinian tourists choke to death in foreign countries every year...

Author: By David A. Fahrenthold, | Title: The Universal Language | 2/18/1998 | See Source »

...looking for a certain passage may look studious, but it's actually the International Sign for "I have less than zero clue, in fact negative clue, what everyone is talking about and I am just buying time. Is this the right room?" Clasping your hands around your neck and gasping for breath in section still means "I am choking...

Author: By David A. Fahrenthold, | Title: The Universal Language | 2/18/1998 | See Source »

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