Word: points
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...play basketball at 55 as they did at 20, and they damage their knees." A 70-year-old swimmer looks 50, he maintains, but a 70-year-old runner looks 90. Swimming lowers cholesterol and reduces arthritis pain, he says, and it has strengthened his immune system to the point that he gets barely one cold a year. He recognizes, however, that not everyone will share his devotion. "Nobody has to do what I do--pant, feel your lungs will burst--to get results," he says. "Show up three times a week and swim at 60% effort...
...yards shorter. Golf carts, forbidden on the regular tour, are allowed. The problem in tennis, McEnroe explains, "is that we've still got to run, and they haven't yet come up with a shrunken court." Seniors competition is limited to two sets, however, and if necessary a 10-point tie breaker instead of the regular best out of three...
...transfer of power next June. The scandals are potent political fodder not only because they discredit Yeltsin but also because they fit into a popular Russian myth that the U.S. somehow engineered the country's woes. As eager as Russians are to blame their own tainted leaders, they also point an accusatory finger at Washington for their failures...
...Valley orgy of wealth creation. Because at Blizzard North, Erich and Max have somehow turned what used to be a clique of adolescent boys--our rabble of pimply, geeked-out teenagers in Pacific Palisades, Calif.--into a highly profitable, 100-employee, new-economy juggernaut that is currently the focal point of millions of young males eagerly awaiting the Christmas launch of Diablo...
Equally interesting is what the devices do with live programs. You can rewind or pause in the middle of a broadcast while it keeps recording--say the doorbell rings with the count at 3 and 2 and two runners on--resume watching from that point, then skip ahead to catch up to the live broadcast if you want. And that's not all you can skip. Among the players' most anticipated, and controversial, features are buttons that allow you to flash past commercials at super-high speed...