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...advantages in other sports as well. In crew and water polo, longer arms mean a longer stroke and an increased ability to block shots, respectively. For baseball, pitchers can release the ball closer to home plate than their shorter counterparts. And for other sports, the advantages are more obvious, such as a closeness to the hoop in basketball and an heightened ability to spike in volleyball The overall intimidation factor does not hurt either.This “gift” does not come without slight drawbacks, however. Many athletes attribute knee and back problems to their size. Also, what...
...Pagac, VILLENEVUE-LOUBET, FRANCE It's a Small World After All According to Joe Klein [April 16], the defining sins of the Bush Administration are arrogance, incompetence and cynicism. I agree completely. My only question: What took him so long to arrive at this conclusion? This has been obvious to most of the rest for the world for years. The American electorate can perhaps be forgiven for electing Bush once, but repeating the mistake a second time requires talent. This is especially tragic when one thinks what a difference a President Gore might have made to the world. Come...
...production cultivates a split personality between a staid period piece and a more modern sensibility—which works brilliantly, even if it is a little overly-obvious at times...
...TIME: You write in the book that there was never any serious debate about whether to go to war; instead, at some mysterious point in 2002, it just became obvious inside the government that the U.S. was going to war with Iraq. When did the U.S. decide...
...Rhonda's son, Dan, in the early morning crowd watching the launch, fingers crossed for a successful mission. Last fall, the first SpaceLoft flight ended moments after it began when the telephone-pole-sized rocket spiraled erratically before plummeting to earth. After reviewing the flight data, the solution was obvious, says Eric Knight, co-founder of UP Aerospace, the Connecticut firm that built the rocket. It needed a fourth tail fin. Many computer simulations confirmed his diagnosis and Saturday's flight went off without a hitch...