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That learning has already come for Richard Coombes, a lanky Missourian. Despite much self-doubt, Coombes has made it through the school with a 91.4 average. As instructors pump his hand, the ex-store clerk clutches a diploma in tractor-trailer driving and grins broadly. "I kept telling myself, 'You can do it. You can do it.' " He sallies into the Texas night, now a king of the road with a new measure of self-esteem: "I can't think of anything that hasn't been hauled in a truck," he says...
...when you consider that Lane MacDonald, Allen Bourbeau, and Tim Barakett (last year's top three scorers) combined for 55 league goals. And despite the fact that no Harvard skater finished in the league's top 10 scorers, the Crimson still managed to pump in an average of four goals per game...
...Lungs lose on the average 30% to 50% of their maximum breathing capacity between ages 30 and 80. Blood vessels lose elasticity, though the heart stays astonishingly well preserved. Notes Cardiologist Jerome Fleg of the National Institute on Aging: "The heart of a normal 80-year-old can pump blood as effectively under stress as that of a normal 30-year...
...fairness to Simon and Hart, there is another revenue producer in both of their deficit plans: oil-import fees. This is, in effect, a hidden tax; it raises gasoline prices at the pump without being directly visible to consumers. That is part of the reason that support for duties on imported oil cuts across the political spectrum, having won the endorsement of Gephardt, Gore and Dole as well. The rest of the equation is simply regional politics: such fees would amount to a windfall for domestic producers in Super Tuesday states like Texas and Louisiana by allowing them to raise...
Other captains, those who are not scorers by nature, lead by working hard. In the off-season, they pump the most iron and run the most miles. They eat the right food. They floss their teeth twice...