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...Peer wanted to compete in the Qatar Open in previous years, but she was doing her obligatory military service, and Israel bans its soldiers from visiting Arab countries. "Believe me, basic army training was nowhere near as hard as my tennis workout," says Peer, who, even at age 6, would roll out of bed at 5 a.m. to hit the courts. At 5 ft. 7 in. (1.74 m) and 132 lbs. (60 kg), she admits she isn't "physically huge," but she makes up for it in speed. Off court, she paces restlessly, as if she can't wait...
...Qatar, Peer will be one of the few players on the women's circuit who speaks some words of Arabic, which she studied briefly in school. Religious prejudices are never an issue for her; in previous years, she teamed up in doubles with Sania Mirza, a Muslim from India. There was little complaint in Israel, but in India, extremist Muslim clerics were outraged at Mirza...
...around the airport for many years, for example - that in the end you might get some long-term effects on your blood pressure," says Jarup, "but we don't really know." Why the body responds to nighttime noise is also somewhat mysterious. While the research in humans is new, previous lab experiments in animals have shown that they register blood pressure blips in response to noise, even during sleep or sedation. "That was the same here," says Jarup of the current study, suggesting that the human body's response may be similarly automatic. "It's not that you're annoyed...
...example, when you said that Barack Obama’s “first big accomplishment” was having been “born half-black,” I was not sure I was sitting close enough to hear you correctly. I was reminded of your previous remarks about institutions of mental health that you made in connection to John Edwards a year ago at CPAC. I must confess—I didn’t think it was possible to display irrational, medieval attitudes, to undermine your own party and to do violence to our nation?...
Among the issues Burgard said remained to be addressed were inconsistencies between the current online evaluations and previous paper reviews, as well as the effect that students’ performance in a course has on their assessment of its quality...