Word: ridding
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...explain. He mentions better nerves, good concentration, light weight training and stamina, which he gets from jogging with his wife Anke, also a shooter. "The better your stamina is, the easier you can compensate the adrenaline output, to quiet your pulse and breath," he notes. A shooter must get rid of the adrenaline with almost no movement. Schumann had a lot of adrenaline to get rid of during a 2 1/2-year winning streak that ended in 1997. "Don't remind me of that drama," he sighs. "Every competition was like starting at the Olympics...
Does it matter that the sonic quality of the Columbia set leaves something to be desired? A little, sure. When the company last reissued these cuts in 1988 and '89, the engineers got rid of the hiss but in the process lost much of the music. Some tunes sounded as if they had been recorded in an aquarium. Now you can hear the instruments--and the hiss, alas, too. But the irresistible force that is Louis Armstrong rockets through it, as he does through all of American music...
...resistance to repeal has deep populist roots that are hard to dig out. And there is no point denying it: repealing the estate tax would benefit the superrich. Short of communism, any plan to get rid of a tax that many see as immoral is bound to help billionaires. So what? The barrels of ink spilled on this point miss the mark...
...people who have 246 different kinds of cheese and are responsible for the words laissez-faire, joie de vivre and restaurant, had culture. Now, I laugh at my innocent naivete. American culture is stronger than Microsoft stock pre anti-trust ruling. I know because I tried to get rid...
...will buy whatever Priceline sells if the company will get rid of those William Shatner commercials [BUSINESS, July 10]. Captain Kirk has banged heads with one too many Klingons. Now he thinks he can sing. EVA GOLD Philadelphia...