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...John Cho, who spends his exchange with John engulfed in flames. Likewise, Peter Dinklage’s portrayal of a typical nobody who thinks he’s a big shot gives his character the same kind of sass he displayed as Miles Finch, the “South Pole...
...After the accident, in which Kumaritashvili was thrown from his sled into a metal pole on the track's final turn during a practice run, Olympic officials considered postponing or even canceling the event. But the athletes themselves met with each other last Friday and urged organizers to push forward. "We thought it was a way to show that life goes on," says Shiva K.P. Keshavan from India, who finished in 29th place of 39 competitors. "But Nodar will never be forgotten." Until Friday, the Whistler track was proudly marketed as the fastest in the world, as sleds approached...
...meters lower than they are today (all that extra water is locked up in ice). During interglacial periods - we are enjoying one now, East Coast blizzards notwithstanding - the ice sheets retreat, the glaciers melt and sea level rises. The expansive but quickly melting ice sheets of Greenland, the North Pole and Antarctica are all that is left of our last glacial period, which reached its peak about 20,000 years...
Part of the problem is that her character is written to be helpless—she often panics and lacks the common sense one should have in a dire situation. Her biggest lapse in judgment comes when she falls asleep with her bare hand gripping a pole. The audience must watch as she peels her frostbitten hand off in sheer agony. Moments like these provide great thrills, yet one wonders how anyone could be so foolish when the stakes are so high...
Undoubtedly, Clay was frustrated by his effort, but the Olympian didn’t take time to pout. Instead Clay rushed from Gordon Track immediately, trying to get to California as quickly as possible. He had more important things than the pole vault to think about, such as returning to his wife, Sarah, who delivered the couple’s third child yesterday...