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Repeated and vigorous throws by Jai—the couple’s 7-year-old son—constantly elude his two sisters’ grasps. Later, he makes his way to the ramp leading up to the residences at Cabot. Energetically jumping over the banister, he accidentally bites his tongue, and Nalini and Sonia—Jai’s 11-year-old and 13-year-old sisters, respectively—escort him to their parents...
...said that ski jumping “seems not to be appropriate for ladies from a medical point of view.” (In other words, the IOC’s expectations of appropriate behavior for women doesn’t include speeding 60 mph along a ramp and flying dozens of meters through the air on a pair of skis...
...your medicine. I use a water pipe," he says of his daily routine. "If I try to stand up without my medicine, I won't make it." For Miller, who volunteers at the Colorado Patient Coalition, medical marijuana is as necessary as his hospital bed, scooter, handicapped-access ramp and special lift chairs. And like them, it was recommended by a Veterans Affairs doctor. "Durbin Poison is a nice med. It won't wipe you out," Miller says to a young woman who has just walked in the door, sounding like a clerk in a high-end department store...
...made 95% of its North American gross in those specialty rooms. Next weekend, though, the movie will lose most of its 3-D venues to Tim Burton's Alice in Wonderland. Not that folks will stop seeing the Cameron spectacle, even in 2-D - free publicity from the ramp-up to the March 7 Oscar show will keep it fresh in viewers' minds - but soon it may be time to say ta-ta to Avatar...
...first American Olympic medal in Nordic combined when he won a silver medal in the individual "normal hill" event (the designation refers to the competition that's held on the smaller of the two ski-jumping towers, but there's nothing normal about hurling yourself 100 m off a ramp on skis). But America's second-place finish in the team event on Wednesday, behind gold-medal winner Austria, was even sweeter, as it showed the collective strength of the program. (See the latest pictures from the 2010 Winter Games...