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...hard to let go sometimes, and some men have attempted to regain the nation's top spot. Martin Van Buren, whose term ended in 1841, ran again twice for the presidency, once in 1844 and again on the Free Soil ticket in 1948. (He lost.) Teddy Roosevelt, in between African safaris and expeditions to uncharted Amazonian rivers, ran for a third term on the Bull Moose ticket. He was shot right before a campaign stop, yet was hearty enough to deliver his speech with the bullet lodged in his chest. (Still, TR lost.) Millard Fillmore ran a disinterested campaign...
...paint again. While convalescing, he painted The Trodden Weed, with his arm suspended in a sling from the ceiling. The boots that flatten the weed once belonged to Howard Pyle and were Betsy's Christmas gift to him in 1950. Wyeth wore them while taking long walks to regain his strength. He explained: "The painting came to signify to me a close relationship between critical illness and the refusal to accept it-a kind of stalking away...
Yahoo! remains the No. 2 search company in the U.S., with about 18% of the market. Google (GOOG), by most measures, is far ahead, at 65%. Microsoft falls far behind at 10%. It is unlikely that Yahoo! will regain market share on the PC, but the wireless market has not been carved up. It may take years before it is clear who leads in Web searches on handsets. It is also unclear which company will take the wireless lead in Europe, India, China and Japan. Yahoo! still has a shot at a prominent position for its core business beyond...
...score remained tied as the penalty box doors opened.During the final minute of regulation time, the Crimson assembled an offensive front that made Rosen work double time. Firing shots off left and right, Harvard desperately tried to put one past the Bears defense, but the squad again failed to regain the lead.“There were quite a few rebounds that looked like we were in a great position to take advantage of,” Donato said.As the clock ticked down from five minutes, Harvard started overtime by counting down from two minutes after yet another penalty called...
...from a "hormone imbalance that has been 'robbing' me of the proteins my body needs to be healthy," noting that the remedy is "relatively simple and straightforward." A number of medical commentators found that explanation lacking. The CEO said that it would take until late spring for him to regain his weight but that he would continue as Apple's CEO during his recovery...