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...Fair point. But as someone who wrote about sport full-time for 11 years and has heard many of Australia's most celebrated coaches address their players - in modes both Churchillian and fatherly - I can still see the magic in Bill's words. It's easy to talk yourself numb about the complexities of coaching in the professional era. And sure, at the top of any sport there's a lot of stuff coaches must get their head around. But the complexity can also be a trap...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Keep It Simple, Sport | 12/12/2005 | See Source »

...School of Public Health. The bugs hide close to their warm-blooded prey in mattresses, box springs, floorboards and clothing. They usually remain out of sight during the day, making them hard to find and difficult to completely eliminate. Even when you're bitten, the anesthetic the bugs inject numb you to the fact that it is happening. The only trace they'll leave-apart from the welts-is blood-or feces-stained sheets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Coming to a Bed Near You | 12/2/2005 | See Source »

...simply mentioning (or acting on) “taboo” subjects such as sex or race is synonymous with eliciting humor. Fortunately, the movie is short enough not to be wearing, even if one is distracted by its randomness. The film moves fast enough not to numb one­ into boredom in its weaker moments­simply wait five minutes, and a gag that is moderately entertaining is bound to occur. While some of the skits of the film feel repetitive or uncreative, Silverman’s poise is at least a constant throughout the piece. She is surprisingly...

Author: By Isabel J. Boero, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Jesus is Magic | 11/17/2005 | See Source »

Momentum is building, but disease is still way out in front. The numbers are so big that they can numb us into indifference: 5,000 people dying every day from tuberculosis, 1 million dying every year from malaria. Behind each of these statistics is someone's daughter, someone's son, a mother, a father, a sister, a brother...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: This Generation's Moon Shot | 11/1/2005 | See Source »

...draw up the program and presented it to the Botswana leadership. With funding from Merck and the Gates Foundation, the government brought him to the capital, Gaborone, where he set up shop. What Darkoh found when he arrived was a population not only ravaged by AIDS but also seemingly numb to its horrors. "Someone would come into work and say his brother died," Darkoh says, "and then continue to tell me the photocopier was out of toner...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Efficiency Expert | 10/31/2005 | See Source »

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