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...money tide is turning, though slowly, particularly as the fashion companies pump more marketing funds into their women's lines. Says Melanie Redman-Carr, who currently heads the W.C.T. ratings: "Ultimately, a lot of the girls aren't making much money, certainly not as much as the men do. But with women's surfing becoming more and more popular, companies are backing the women and paying them more. Ten years ago, none of us were sponsored. Now it seems as though every girl...
...leaks in recent weeks-all those stories spelling out yet another "secret" invasion plan-have been intended, depending on which camp was involved, to slow or speed the march toward war, or humiliate the other camp in the process. Yet even when a leak is meant to pump up public opposition, the cumulative effect of the theatrics may be the opposite, conditioning the nation to assume some kind of war is inevitable...
...past decade, Hollywood has been desperately trying to pump some testosterone into the lucrative but enervated action genre. With Stallone and Schwarzenegger approaching 60, the studios have actually taught skinny guys like Keanu Reeves and Tobey Maguire how to fight. They've even taken the drastic measure of coming up with some really interesting action ideas, like The Matrix...
...Rosa, and authorities worried that the water would burst its banks - or worse, that the glacier itself would become dislodged, sending a river of ice, mud, rock and debris crashing down the mountainside and into Macugnaga situated below. Disaster was averted thanks to cooler temperatures and frantic efforts to pump water out of the lake. But for Andreas Kääb, a glaciologist at the University of Zurich, the Macugnaga incident is both a fascinating case study and an ominous sign of things to come. "Macugnaga presents most of the world's glacial hazards - ice avalanches, rockfalls, floods...
...letters promise garish violence: "I'll...pump about 3 boxes of shells into her from a 12-guage [sic]," says one that is signed with Yoder's name and prison-register number. His warden, Stephen Hardy, heard about at least nine alarming letters and initiated an investigation that led to Yoder's losing two years of credit earned for good behavior. Yoder then sued Hardy and won; Yoder presented evidence that several state officials had ignored the rules for revoking good-time credit in order to keep him incarcerated. The officials were plainly worried that Yoder would...